This isn't accurate. All of the relays do some filtering, so the algorithm is just a level lower. You don't know what was sorted out before it got to you, even if it was a bot or spam from one of the npubs you follow. The relays would eventually collapse under notes, if they didn't curate, at least a bit.
That is a simple attack vector: just flood them with nonsense notes saying "Happy Birthday!" or containing kiddie-porn, or whatever, and shut down the server.
Laeserin / Laeserin (Silberengel)
npub1m4…jc2jl
2024-05-01 12:05:21
in reply to nevent1q…9mlj
Author Public Key
npub1m4ny6hjqzepn4rxknuq94c2gpqzr29ufkkw7ttcxyak7v43n6vvsajc2jlPublished at
2024-05-01 12:05:21Event JSON
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"content": "This isn't accurate. All of the relays do some filtering, so the algorithm is just a level lower. You don't know what was sorted out before it got to you, even if it was a bot or spam from one of the npubs you follow. The relays would eventually collapse under notes, if they didn't curate, at least a bit.\n\nThat is a simple attack vector: just flood them with nonsense notes saying \"Happy Birthday!\" or containing kiddie-porn, or whatever, and shut down the server.",
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}