Aspie96 on Nostr: Options are only good if they are sufficiently useful because they make the protocol ...
Options are only good if they are sufficiently useful because they make the protocol more complex.
There are infinitely many options that you could potentially add. The job of developing a standard is one of exclusion as much of inclusion, it's to carefully select what should be part of the protocol and what shouldn't.
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