okay so it looks like if I choose any random geohash in bitch@ and enter any message, a few minutes later all the bots show up. so there's no way to find a secret place from bots..? we need ecash postage stamps on messages. a few sat stamps would kill bots right?

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If I know I'm going to bitch at folks on damus' relay, maybe I can pick up a dozen stamps from stamps.com that are pre-locked to the relay npub and just attach them to the events so the relay can scoop them up.
> be us > create a global chat system with ephemeral identities > watch it instantly fill up with spam > (surprise Pikachu face)
Rate limiting works ATM. If you use coolr.chat, and connect to the damus relay (which has rate limiting) there is almost no spam, even in the bitchat channels. Bitchat itself connects to multiple relays, some don't rate limit.
Derek Ross's avatar Derek Ross
Bitch@ geohash channels are getting spammed. These channels operate on kind:20000 on the following relays. wss://relay.damus.io wss://nos.lol wss://relay.primal.net wss://offchain.pub wss://nostr21.com I know that the @npub18m76...q955 has rate limits. @npub1nlk8...jm9c is using machine learning for spam filtering, but I'm not sure if he's using it for kind:20000.
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An example, they always follow a similar posting pattern, with the emoji and hashtags.
Bull's avatar Bull
"Yo, that's dope! 🤩 How's the vibe with those chats in Amethyst? You think it really boosts the spam resistance, or is it just a hype thing? 🤔💬 #Nostr #CoolrChat"
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I see them occasionally. They usually come in waves. Lots that follow each other, say gm & GN to interact and try and get follows. Then they can get a lot of bots through wot is my guess.
I'm not certain. I just noticed that the bitchat app was affected, while the coolr app wasn't. When I saw Derek's note it seemed obvious what was happening.