haha... my relay doesn't accept events or answer queries unless i'm following you (it is set to allow only npubs that are in the follow list of a list of npubs)
i'll follow you so you actually do something :)
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i'm planning on expanding it so it allows my follows follows as well, i think beyond that point is spam territory
also, if i mute whoever, they don't get access either, it's a super simple moderation system i'm building, none of this fancy mathematics
this can be radically improved by using what I am working on.
Using the distance as the metric for filtering (if distance > 2, filter) is suboptimal, as it limits discover ability.
What's better is a filter based on personalized Pagerank ( if PP < threshold, filter). PP looks both at the distance and at the "flux", meaning how many path exists thay connects you to another npub.
So, PP can be:
- more flexible, because you can choose the threshold in a continuoum
- improves the discovery (by for example allowing npubs at 3 hops if they are "high quality")