StevenB on Nostr: An index is just a database that has the links to the RSS files. It has other stuff ...
An index is just a database that has the links to the RSS files. It has other stuff like podcast title, author, etc. to make searching for a particular podcast easier, but it really is just a searchable list that points to all of the RSS feeds that are spread out amongst thousands of servers.
So yes, you could start by indexing all of the notes that are feeds on nostr, having the title, author, etc to make searching for a particular note easier, but the issue becomes when that single index is now Indexing 4 million notes, and costs $900 per month. It can be further decentralized with multiple indexes doing the same thing, each at $900 per month. But it this point, it sure looks just like a traditional podcast index, just pointing to notes instead of RSS feeds.
So yes, you could start by indexing all of the notes that are feeds on nostr, having the title, author, etc to make searching for a particular note easier, but the issue becomes when that single index is now Indexing 4 million notes, and costs $900 per month. It can be further decentralized with multiple indexes doing the same thing, each at $900 per month. But it this point, it sure looks just like a traditional podcast index, just pointing to notes instead of RSS feeds.