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Dikaios1517 @Dikaios1517 - 2mo

Interesting... I popped over to #Primal to see how bad the spam reply nonsense is here and I have ZERO reply spam in my notifications. I am seeing questions from Primal users about how to get rid of it, so I know it must be an issue over here, and I know that I am getting reply spam on my notes, because I am seeing it on Jumble or on Coracle when I have my WoT filter set to 0. So what gives? Primal users are all reading from the same caching server, rather than directly from their selected relays, so why are other users seeing reply spam on Primal but I'm not?

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Dikaios1517 @Dikaios1517 - 2mo

Well, Damus is a client that lets you pick which relays you read from. Major benefit of using a full fledged Nostr client during spam attacks. It's a mystery to me why I am not seeing spam on Primal, though, since it doesn't have that benefit.

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Dikaios1517 @Dikaios1517 - 2mo

Yeah, problem is, you don't get to choose which relays you read from in Primal. That's why I don't usually use it, and rather use a client like Amethyst, Coracle, Nostur, or Damus, where I CAN choose the relays I read from. I am just perplexed because I expected to see a torrent of reply spam when I decided to check out the situation on Primal, and I am seeing none. I know plenty of other users on Primal ARE seeing it, so I have no idea why I am not, since all Primal users effectively read from the same relay; namely Primal's caching server.

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Dikaios1517 @Dikaios1517 - 2mo

How very odd... Why such a disparity of experience when everyone on Primal is reading from the same caching server? 🤔

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Dikaios1517 @Dikaios1517 - 2mo

Just someone spinning up reply bots, similar to replyguy from last year, but this time they parrot your note with the words scrambled. Annoying, but harmless and easy to filter by using decent relays.

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Dikaios1517 @Dikaios1517 - 2mo

So, Amethyst appears to be putting this information into the user's standard mute list (kind 10000). However, it is also encrypting the words you are muting, so this will only carry over to other clients if 1. they support muting words, AND 2. they support decrypting your mute list. I have noticed this being an issue when muting npubs, too. Amethyst encrypts the npubs you mute in that client. Very nice feature, since you don't necessarily want someone to know that you have muted them. However, not all clients support this, so the npub won't be muted on those clients unless you re-add them to the list without encryption.

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Dikaios1517 @Dikaios1517 - 2mo

Yep. Again, it's a nice feature to have them encrypted, since you don't necessarily want to advertise what words you are muting to anyone who reads your mute list. If you ask me, mute lists should be encrypted by default.

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