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WoT is broken has been always will be

we have spambots like nostr:npub10u8xfdfw7447c26c34rql333yh6k0kevq9x3an8gqmvdtdpqnchqpmz5qy that have high WoT scores, and AI slop makes people easy to manipulate

report-based systems can and are being exploited because people can’t agree to disagree

You talking about the new amethyst thing?

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not specifically. WoT is flawed and I have been calling it out for a long while.

Flawed concept or execution? Given it's configurable and optional, and to me the idea seems sound, I don't see the problem many seem to be expressing today.

Is the issue that some large client rolls out a default setting that many users are too lazy to configure or disable?

concept

Oh, interesting. Think I've seen you mention the gaming aspect is too easy, but that seems to be more a flaw with easily-fooled users. I'd expect one could configure to only score based on a selection of the people they follow, who one believes do a good job of filtering their follows. That's basically what I attempt to do today when I stumble across a new npub; look at shared follows, scan for the ones I know apply a rather strict criteria. Works aight for me, mixed in with a little timeline review. I do really hate the scammy types of accounts out there, but that's only gonna get worse without some type of WoT I'd imagine.

Guessing opinionated relays is your fix? Less reliance on follow behavior and more on whatever algo you use or intend to deploy on Nostrland.

Just updated Amethyst from zapstore. What feature are you talking about?