Went through nip65, gossip, this podcast and your doc - looks like a great way to beat algo and still increase followings and user adoption. I think how paid relays operate would impact this model differently - for example if they only read and write and don’t push the event to the relay list, then adoption would degrade. Also the 2nd /3rd degree follower restrictions would reduce the reach. And for ppl who don’t follow others as much (passive contributor) but rather read contribution based on topics of interest, maybe interest-based relays or search function, might add value - something else to the mix . I went back to Twitter after a long gap because of the selection by interest. But very interesting growth vision by Mike. Thanks for sharing!
This is the terrible Nostr experience that is fixed by the Gossip model. Listen to the Mike Dilger episode at https://nostrovia.org/.
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Another scenario - if person A has all paid relays and person B has free relays, some of their 2nd & 3rd degree friends will not be able to view each posts - if, for example, events are not published to the relay list or for other reasons.
An experiment is to set a new npub, follow a few Ppl, add common relays and only read from paid relays. Look for a high following profile and compare from this ‘new npub’ vs that high profile’s npub - you might notice some posts missed out and not all people unaccessible via this “new npub”. My worry is current mix will slow down global adoption instead of improve it
