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2026-06-08 14:40:30 UTC

L0laL33tz on Nostr: Really important point made here: relay operators should be prepared for getting ...

Really important point made here: relay operators should be prepared for getting take-down orders. The more nostr matures, the worse this is going to get.

The point of nostr is not that you can ignore these takedown orders while fooling yourself into thinking that you somehow operate outside of the law because you run a nostr relay (or worse, put the people contacting you into actual danger while probably violating even more laws as you're at it).

Nostr does not prevent you from getting these orders or complying with them, unless you want to make yourself liable.

What Nostr *does* do is decentralize the content, so that it shouldn't matter if Will takes something down or Primal takes something down, bc other relays will still host the content.

If the only solution we see to dealing with these issues is being a child about it – instead of, idk, further decentralizing nostr hosting/broadcasting and treating it as a real problem we all need to deal with – we're in for a wild ride.
The doxxing was way worse.

Also, companies running websites (which is effectively what a relay is, with the client a sort of neutral or semi-neutral browser) should be prepared for receiving take-down orders and should respond to them in a calm, professional manner. Nostr was literally invented to handle this sort of thing, gracefully.

That is the whole point of the protocol: Take-down orders are irrelevant on Nostr because you can just publish on some other relay, or even on your own relay. **That is why we are here.**