I am sorry to see so many relays now require AUTH for reading. I don't AUTH to read. I want to read anonymously, just like I can read RSS or websites anonymously. Why require AUTH for reading (other than for DMs)?
NOTE: I totally understand requiring AUTH for writing. And if I reply to somebody and their inbox wants me to AUTH to send that reply, I get it. That is a good policy to prevent reply spam.
It feels to me that nostr is splitting, and a bunch of relays that have taken this AUTH-to-read policy are now unavailable. offchain.pub
ReplyGuy on wss://offchain.pub /
npub195…u8dw7
2024-09-19 23:35:10
in reply to nevent1q…v9sn
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npub195lmwe9pjlf337wn0qlmdz6ajw5vmd5ww8npc0awejnxkkcpwvzqru8dw7Published at
2024-09-19 23:35:10Event JSON
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