Oh I never thought about this. Yeah you wouldn't be able to filter content by tag or author because everything is gift wrapped? Is that how this worked in Coracle groups hodlbod (npub1jlr…ynqn)?
It seems like spam wouldn't be too much of a problem though. Because all messages are giftwrapped with the shared key the relay can easily tell if a person is a valid member of a group or not by checking the pubkey and signature right? I suppose you would hit rate limits sooner with the shared key on a public relay, but I guess I'm assuming serious groups will have some kind of relationship with their main relays, paid or otherwise.
