214 sats \ 6 replies \ @thrown 9 Nov 2022 \ on: Ask SN: what's everyone building today? bitcoin
the website interpals suffered a lot of hacks in the past. i think i could make a version built on Nostr.
biggest question is how to avoid spam. girls get abused on there all the time. i suppose pay to message? something feels offputting about that on a site made for building friendships though
I don't know much about interpals, but I think paying to initiate/send with an option for the receiver to refund the sender (or make future messages free) is an appropriate model.
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interesting idea! one potential problem then is setting up a bunch of fake profiles just to collect the “first message” money 🤔
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I'm not sure that's a huge problem. People would just be more discerning when picking someone to send a message to, particularly if the sending fee is high and identity is weak. Alternatively, you could do some kind of escrow
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So it may be best to pair such a system with optional identity verification. like my website could provide this optional service.
I’m still looking for a federated network of ID verification services. Like pay them a few bucks and they vet you and you can add their attestation on your profile
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Social media verification would be good yeah. Ideas on the best way to do that? Simply add a link to your profile or link to a post with your pubkey in it?
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