Baby steps! 😂

I’m working on a guide for devs to incorporate the Grapevine into any given nostr app or platform of choice. Something like this:

Step 1: use the follows list to calculate a WoT score. Several apps already do this, and I applaud them for doing it: coracle, wikifreedia (although I’m not sure if it works yet?), others I probably don’t know about.

Step 2: Enable users to create EXPLICIT TRUST ATTESTATIONS, formatted using the Grapevine protocol which will make it interoperable with other apps, using a Context that is appropriate to the app in question. Example: Alice trusts Bob to curate wikifreedia articles in the category of electronics. (Could also enable the ability to attest using the parent Context: Alice trusts Bob for all actions, in all categories.)

Step 3: pool attestations from Step 2 with follows list. The plan is to phase out the use of the follows list, but do it gradually.

Step 4: Replace the WoT score with the Influence Score using the Grapevine’s algorithm. This is how my proof of concept works (Curated Lists in my Pretty Good Apps desktop) but I need to write up a document.

Why do this? Because WE GOTTA STOP USING THE FOLLOWS LIST AS A PROXY FOR TRUST. It’s a fiat crutch that we have leaned on for too long!