Indeed. Robots.txt has worked for many years, and it was just a moral choice, not a technical barrier.
Transparency is a good way to air out bad behaviour allowing others to see it and stop cooperating with a bad actor.
There are ways to have strong “signals” and guardrails for the expected behaviour in the NIPs.
Choice is a strong force. If you can choose the behaving relays, services etc. it goes a long way.
petri / Petri Kajander
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2024-08-24 05:17:19
in reply to nevent1q…8kda
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