Derek, Web of Trust *as it is implemented in present Nostr clients* turns every large account with lots of problems into an invisible censor, able to silence people across Nostr. Tons of Nostr clients now require to turn WoT off to receive notifications or DMs from me, *even if the person follows me*. It’s ridiculous.
Normal people do not understand that following someone turns them into an arbiter of what they can and cannot see on Nostr. That’s completely unintuitive. It allows for pervasive and unaccountable censorship, not self-governance.
weev
npub1we…409xg
2026-02-27 03:48:54 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…jeqx
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npub1weev88wc43slz6jjlq2h30ltmd0ccu9utfe8wet2kkax0w6epavqw409xgPublished at
2026-02-27 03:48:54 UTCEvent JSON
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