Dan @Dan - 1y
Put simply, Nostr doesn't support deleting posts. All you can do is "ask" relays to remove your post. *If* you can do this and how you do it depends on your client/app.
Yea, so admittedly this is conceptually different than when you're dealing with a traditional social media app that effectively uses 1 "relay" owned and controlled by the same people that create the app. They can say "hey when you click delete we promise we'll delete it" (although that's a shallow promise also, they keep everything, they just are saying they won't show it to other users") Which app are you using? Some apps and relays do support "deletion requests" and post edits. "Deletion requests" are called deletion *requests* because the app can't force all relays to delete your post. The app author and relay owner are different parties. A "request" is the best the app can do. Edits are somewhat similar. When you edit a post on Nostr you're really creating a new post and the apps just understand how to replace the old with the new when they pull the posts down from the relays. But the ability to do this is up to the app.
Check out my relay explanation below: nostr:nevent1qqspe9p5tc238c8q7ky8f6fux3cpwfxu9f7yh7eujz24yv9dqsxgrkcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqzypqtmnqg3zxe34yaq0ae80larnzxmxu0rp7s3j0usx62mu9dqr7jcqcyqqqqqqgd9aju4
