Definitely similar, but enough different purpose to justify a separate kind.
People might create private kind 30000 lists that are encrypted. For instance, I have a list of folks I know are local to me that is encrypted so as to not dox them. I would not want that list showing up, appearing empty except for my own npub, for someone who is onboarding to Nostr.
Similarly, I might keep a list of, I don't know... Nostr trolls, just for the sake of some entertainment. Yet, that doesn't mean I would recommend them as follows for a new user. Without a separate kind to differentiate what is intended as a list of recommended follows vs just a list for my own use, all of those lists would be displayed during an onboarding flow that used kind 30000 instead of follow packs.
Dikaios1517
npub1ku…v3lhe
2025-05-02 02:47:51
in reply to nevent1q…ju5y
Author Public Key
npub1kun5628raxpm7usdkj62z2337hr77f3ryrg9cf0vjpyf4jvk9r9smv3lhePublished at
2025-05-02 02:47:51Event JSON
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"content": "Definitely similar, but enough different purpose to justify a separate kind.\n\nPeople might create private kind 30000 lists that are encrypted. For instance, I have a list of folks I know are local to me that is encrypted so as to not dox them. I would not want that list showing up, appearing empty except for my own npub, for someone who is onboarding to Nostr.\n\nSimilarly, I might keep a list of, I don't know... Nostr trolls, just for the sake of some entertainment. Yet, that doesn't mean I would recommend them as follows for a new user. Without a separate kind to differentiate what is intended as a list of recommended follows vs just a list for my own use, all of those lists would be displayed during an onboarding flow that used kind 30000 instead of follow packs.",
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