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How does Farcaster handle censorship and spam? I watched the YouTube overview, seems like every node is a full sync "archive node" (with 1yr expiry window). Muting happens clientside - What about abusive or illegal content? Can my Hub opt out of storing data from specific authors? Do spammers live rent free on my disk?

Full-stack digital product consultant @ BoundCorp.net

1. Hubs don’t host images.
2. We expect moderation to happen at client side. 
3. There’s a $5 a year cost to use the protocol and a max number of messages per user.

Sir, I'm sorry you feel that way, but I think I'm asking good questions that your protocol needs to answer. It's certainly possible to embed contraband in the (limited) text allowance.

Doesn’t feel like this is going to be productive. :)

Hey look, you are hosting an image - iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mP8z8BQDwAEhQGAhKmMIQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==