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someone 2 years ago
I haven't changed spam filter codes on the relays for a while. So I can talk about what they are doing: 😸 nos.lol: Looks at pubkeys while determining whether to accept or reject notes, unless the pubkeys from single IP becomes too many. Then it blocks the IP. Does not care about the reports of other people. Suitable for relay - relay syncs as well as regular users, however if the relay is spammy its IP will be rejected. More allowing than nostr.mom, a lot more people are using it, which means a lot more notes. One of the most popular relays! 🤱 nostr.mom: Looks at IPs to determine if someone is spamming. This is more brutal than looking at pubkeys. Hence, less spam. Also looks at reports of other people, so if someone is reported a lot then the notes from that person is rejected. However if the person is well known it would require a lot more reports for him to be rejected. Suitable for regular users who want a cleaner Nostr experience. Not many clients are using it as default relay, so if someone is here that means they may have wanted to be here.

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It would be a decision made by the relay operator. Nothing about IP addresses are in the nostr spec - all connections are made over plain old web sockets so if you aren’t running over tor or a VPN your IP is available to the relay operator.