Hmmm.. this has become a much bigger and more contorvesial topic than I originally thought it would...(that's good, the entire Gnutella idea needs some serious thought and discussion to succeed).

Anyway, I still feel that a SAVEABLE custom block list would be beneficial in my opinion. (And this is just that, an OPINION. I realize some will disagree with me. If you do disagree with me, you don't have to use the saveable block list) If you are running a client, you obviously want to contribute to the network, so you will not deliberately block all searches if that is what you are worried about.

If you just want to search the network and not serve any files, you can just use one of the many web portals.

Like I said, you have the CHOICE of putting entries in the saved block list. If you think this is the wrong choice, educate me and others why.

Yytrium-
Perhaps it would help if you described exactly how Gnotella determines if a particular search is spam/flood or legitimate.