hh on Nostr: Moderation should be performed at the user level. Relays should be simply that, ...

Moderation should be performed at the user level. Relays should be simply that, relays. As dumb as possible. Give users the tools to set as many filters as they can possibly want, so they are the ones responsible for what they see.

If we start to have relay owners making decisions like blocking whole other relays instead of users, we can't speak of a network and we're back in the silo citadel model ruled by petty tyrants.

quoting note1rw7…gmx0

“Decentralised Moderation” is censorship, as you never know who is making decisions on your behalf.

In contrast, if a relay you join has moderation terms defined, and a list of public moderators (or even private if you don’t care) - that is completely fine. That’s opt-in transparent moderation.

If I join a moderated Nostr group/channel (when we have better moderation tools in future) - not a problem. You dislike the moderation, start your own Nostr group/channel.

And if I follow someone or follow a list or feed of content, that’s curation. Again, 100% fine for that data source and curator to pick what to include.