You say “primal cannot ban users” but then admit that it can block their content from being seen. This is, functionally, what has historically been referred to as a “shadowbox” and is not much different than being banned. If you cannot be displayed on the most-used Nostr client that has all the VC and advertising/promotion, then you can’t be competitive with any content producers on Nostr within the same vertical.
You absolutely can, functionally, ban people. And it’s disingenuous to pretend otherwise.
weev
npub1we…409xg
2026-05-31 16:40:10 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…dt5n
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2026-05-31 16:40:10 UTCEvent JSON
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