Alex Gleason on Nostr: The problem with large, private chat channels is that the use-case is fundamentally ...
The problem with large, private chat channels is that the use-case is fundamentally at odds with itself. If it's large, it's not really private. So the decentralized implementation has to bend over backwards to meet user expectations about something that is natural and easy for centralized platforms but doesn't make sense on protocols. Whatever complicated system we set up to emulate it will be complex for users to understand, and also too easily exploitable which will further the confusion.
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2024-01-12 17:42:40Event JSON
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