I think its a good balance.
Without disclosers, any Sybil attack that reaches five follows in a WoT can silently censor all posts.
Discussion
i don't follow. pubkeys are basically unforgeable unique identifiers
you mean if someone accidentally blocks the real person and follows the fake one? that's what nip-05 npub colours and things like vanity addresses are for
i seethe with rage every time i see that discloser shit
it's like taking it literally "mute" like turning off the sound, but still seeing teh picture
Yes, Jack has more impersonators than Elvis. Lyn, HODL, all the big accounts too.
web of trust is not a silver bullet, none of the methods are, ultimately it falls to the user to learn to discriminate and recognise bullshit
i married this woman one time who used to like to say "take off the warning labels and let nature take its course"
i would also go further to say that part of the problem is in the average human psychological need to follow celebrities. i think jack has quite proven his worth with his collab with the carvalho entities, and yet everyone is panting to zap several thousand sats every time he appears and posts a 3 word post
Facts
We are only humans, flawed by nature...any system be default will be flawed...either by the construction or by the "input" from others. But there is always room for improvement and transformation. I reckon.