⚡️💬 My account has been targeted by attacks for several days. One or more people are flooding the comments section with pornographic images. I have often been the victim of intimidation attempts to prevent me from continuing on Nostr, but this is different because it affects you... I would like to apologize to you: I always make sure to avoid any nudity in my posts, but in this particular case, I unfortunately have no technical means of preventing these intrusions. Sorry 😞 image

Replies (30)

Yes, for several days now, my eyes have been exposed to pornographic images, even though I have been trying to protect myself from them for several years now. The problem is that as soon as I mute one, two more appear the next day, which makes me feel uncomfortable towards my readers who want to be informed without being confronted with this kind of imagery.
Cyph3rp9nk's avatar Cyph3rp9nk
Within the Bitcoin world, there are many naive dreamers. They think that the system/state is going to let them win just like that, they think that the state is not going to use the same techniques it uses against the enemy and that it will not carry out subversive operations. Bitcoiners have been so naive that the state has made its way into their homes. Now we have a big problem.
View quoted note →
It's ok. Whenever I see the guy I report and move forward. Don't fret it we know it has nothing to do with you.
Yes, it is annoying and distasteful but people see that it is an attempt to stop you from posting and says more about the person doing it than a reflection on you. Keep up the good work.
Tone Bone's avatar
Tone Bone 1 month ago
Understandably annoying. But, we're all grown-ups here and of reasonable intelligence. Sufficiently so to realise the spam is spam, and not of your doing or intention. It does, however, illustrate where Nostr shines amidst the hubris of centralised and increasingly Orwellian social media platforms. The porn is a good sign, actually. Ironically. 95% plus will either ignore it or report it, and it increasingly loses its disruptive, shock value the more originator keeps on doing it.
All you say is accurate. I do wonder though about what to do about bots built to constantly spin up new nostr accounts, connect to relays, and then spam the hell out of legit accounts with c-pr0n and the like full of reprehensible stuff. At a certain point, running a relay becomes criminal by sheer volume of the trash running through it. Which puts us right back to the demand for centralized content moderation. 🤔
Bob Social, 's avatar
Bob Social, 1 month ago
Anyone can repeat what sounds bold, few can hold what’s actually real. @FLASH Your content cut through the noise. The world doesn’t need more porn… We need more fire truthful content. I like your content❕️: “keep it up🙂” 💐💐💐
It’s not you. Appreciate the apology but it wasn’t needed. Keep doin what you are doin. Great content!!
Rodrigo's avatar
Rodrigo 1 month ago
You keep posting, we'll keep muting. Keep up the good work broths!
Muting these accounts helps although it then becomes a game of whack-a-mole. 🐿️💥🔨 Maybe Nostr clients need to implement a downvote/dislike 👎 filter feature via NIP-25? Unless clients start adding AI 🤖 to detect unwanted notes although that ends up being a slippery slope. ⚠️
The_Crin's avatar
The_Crin 1 month ago
the truth is that at the moment I feel useless trying to ask to silence someone because of how 'nostr' works. comments that I have tried to delete turn out that some relays do not delete them.
Wonder if there is a way to make a client where only posts that pay couple sats to post shows up. Got to make it costly to spam or the spam will continue unfortuntely.
Benking's avatar
Benking 1 month ago
No worries at all, my friend, you don’t need to apologize. Attacks like this are, unfortunately, part of being on an open and decentralized network like Nostr. I know it’s completely out of your control and a technical issue, not your fault. I’ve got your back. If anything becomes too annoying, you can always report, filter, or use mute/block on certain relays to reduce the noise. You’re doing the right thing, keep going and don’t let a few trolls slow you down.