On 5 September 2017 at 06:52, Evgeny Khramtsov <[email protected]> wrote: > Mon, 4 Sep 2017 19:46:32 -0600 > Peter Saint-Andre <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One suggestion I've heard is to require proof of work in order to even >> allow a subscription request to be delivered by the recipient's >> server. That seems like a promising approach, to me. > > Clients should support it, that's the problem. > >> I agree that the subscription requests are useless, although not >> harmless because they can be distracting and confusing to most users > > My point is that after trying this approach, spammers will likely back > off because of losing incentives. Well, really, what's the point in > sending these subscriptions when clients don't even render its text?
I think the problem there is two-fold: * We're teaching client developers not to render the textual part of the subscription request, which for previously unknown contacts would normally prove most interesting. * We're teaching users to ignore subscription requests unless they happen to know the JID. Neither seems desirable. Dave. _______________________________________________ Standards mailing list Info: https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards Unsubscribe: [email protected] _______________________________________________
