With the spam, and managing which relays I use to mitigate the spam, I wound up signing up for nostr.wine last night. A $20 one time payment sure ain't nothing, but then again I'm paying $5 a month to support the ActivityPub server I'm on which I use less than Nost, and I'm lucky enough to be able to make a $20 on a whim, so it seems worth it.
Especially with something that uses the outbox model, or something that uses Gossip's style of fetching content, definitely seems like a good way of reducing spam. Removing a couple of the high spam relays (nos.lol, damas, primal) completely cleared up the spam.
Though on ditto, which only uses my default inbox/outbox relays (which I only set to a couple more "exclusive" relays) I noticed some of the people I follow didn't show up (as opposed to Amethyst, which I have more relays in my general relays list so I can see everyone I follow).
Seems like you really need to walk a fine line in terms or relay management, and focusing too much on WOT & paid relays will prevent you from interacting with a significant number of people. Looking forward to Amethyst's next update which'll support outboxes, fetching content from the relays the person who posted sets even if you haven't added them to your relays, hoping that will help solve the issue of trade offs.
No real conclusions or advice here, just se random observations and hope that the smart people keep rolling with the punches and keep making the ecosystem better.
#nostr #spam