cheesypleb on Nostr: I do (or should) get to decide what my node relays. The email analogy is not perfect ...

I do (or should) get to decide what my node relays. The email analogy is not perfect but pretty good, Google, Microsoft, ISPs and anyone that runs an SMTP replay are the 'node operators' of email. They all filter spam, if they didn't no one would use email.

The argument that filters do nothing because determined spammers can just go direct to miners (and pay much more) is nonsense. If that is the case why do they want to remove the filters? Clearly they do do something, they make it harder and more expensive to spam.

'No universal definition of spam' is also complete by gaslighting nonsense. Email marketers (like Lopp in his early career) say the same thing, but everyone knows spam when they see it. Just because we can't agree on a perfect definition doesn't mean allowing all spam is good idea. Hint: JPGs are spam.