nostr client developers should read this article and then go have a look at the nostrich.house sock puppet botfarm.
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Good article, lots of it applies to nostr. For example FUDing Blockstream is very similar to FUDing OpenSats. A lot of the behavior he describes is stuff people do on their own too. WoT can help with some of it, if it became commonly implemented, but the level of social engineering he's talking about is pretty high, and could probably penetrate even a WoT system.
As always, I appreciate your perspective.
I’m starting to grasp how foundational WoT is and is going to be in the world ahead.