LeoWandersleb on Nostr: I strongly disagree! Relays are the ether we use to broadcast and should remain dumb. ...

I strongly disagree! Relays are the ether we use to broadcast and should remain dumb. My client should stop showing me obvious spam by analyzing WoT.

I literally don't want to see likes, comments, boost count etc. from accounts I don't at least indirectly follow. If my follows share Eve's post, I care because I follow Alice but if Eve replies to Alice, I don't want to see it unless Alice gives it a like or reply again. ... unless Eve is followed by Alice and maybe if Eve is followed by a follow of Alice's.

I don't want relays to apply heuristics to block accounts or posts or to have spammers get to spam because they pay the relay. We should not be talking about individual users' choice of relays. That's degrading nostr. New users want to come to "nostr" and not have to care about picking a good relay. They will need some relay, sure but it should really be arbitrary.