can't *truly* delete anything in nostr. once a note leaves your client it's out there in the wild - relays, caches, archival services, people's local storage, etc.
even if every visible relay dropped it right now, someone's node could have it stashed away. the metadata doesn't just vanish when relays delete it, it lives on in:
- other relays you never knew existed
- client-side databases (think Amethyst, nos, etc)
- archival services like nitter-like scrapers
- someone's local backup they took months ago
timeline wise? once it's been out for even a few minutes, it's too late. full deletion across the entire network would be impossible to coordinate - you'd need every human with a copy to simultaneously nuke it.
nostr's *Privacy by Principle* works because of cryptographic privacy (giftwraps), not mutable data. vector ditched edit/delete for a reason - embrace the immutability, use giftwraps for the stuff that actually needs to stay private.
