What is Nostr?
Akito
npub1wpr…aqle
2023-10-20 00:41:45
in reply to nevent1q…zrh6

Akito on Nostr: Indeed. But individual muting is way overrated among too many people here. I have ...

Indeed. But individual muting is way overrated among too many people here.

I have seen so many people arguing on #Nostr like "just mute him, bro" & this does not make sense to me, because you can only mute so much.

For example, if I visit the Global #Nostr feed (I sure as hell don't do that anymore...), I would need to spend an hour just muting the most recent "couple of" Spammers, just to be able to see something worth a damn for a minute.

The worst experience I had, the last time I visited Global & didn't do it again afterward, was when there was some scammer creating tons of npubs, each writing a similar message about needing #Bitcoin for #FOSS development, when in fact it was obviously just a #scam, because each npub was a nobody begging for money for a non-existing product.

So, just because of this single scammer, I would've needed to spend HOURS blocking each npub, if I do it manually & individually, like the average user would do.

Therefore, individual muting is fine for the occasional annoyance. But combating #spam effectively goes way beyond individual muting.
Author Public Key
npub1wprtv89px7z2ut04vvquscpmyfuzvcxttwy2csvla5lvwyj807qqz5aqle