Derek Ross on Nostr: censor? no. inability for certain users and their content to appear on trending? yes. ...

censor? no. inability for certain users and their content to appear on trending? yes. they didn't want NSFW content on their trending list. they also had a few attackers spamming notes to game their trending list. those users were all filtered out of trending as a quick fix. my friend ralf was accidentally filtered out too. that was a mistake. they fixed it. and they fixed their entire process too. they now have a better handle on their algorithm, have manu user configurable options, and publish their algorithm for review.

all of the other apps that use nostr.band's trending algo literally have filters and content removed too, but no one complains about their implementation or nostr.band's ranking system - that's closed source.