Which is the impostor? FoF seems not terribly haphazard to me.
This will be the death of Nostr. The only way I can to spot imposter accounts is because my client has a “nifty” algo to track “similar names” and such.
WoT implementations on Nostr should NOT be so haphazard, specific to each client or relay. Nostr needs a standard by which users can be IN CONTROL of the filters they use. The ones that work will be shared and used more.
This is ridiculous.
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nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn, with respect, “follows of follows” is only one algo. It’s a good base, but even this can be gamed.
Give it time… as networks expand … and bots become friends … because “follow” on social is NOT mark of trust but ONLY a mark of “interest” … FoF will be insufficient.
The problem to solve is NOT whether one algo or another is sufficient. The problem is black boxes and lack of choice.
WITHOUT CHOICE users are stuck with the “haphazard” content filters built into their chosen client.
WITH a WoT standardizing NIP, as I’ve described earlier, end users could CHOOSE and SHARE the filters that work for them.
Trusted friends and open markets are Nostr’s best bet for keeping bots and bad actors at bay.
What nostr needs is not a WoT algo. An algorithm is an interpretation of data, so that responsibility belongs to clients. What nostr could maybe use is more data. What we currently have:
- Follows
- Lists
- Reports
- Reactions
- Labels
- Reviews
I wouldn't mind seeing new ways to specify explicit delegation of trust, particularly with reference to specific domains (fiction books vs health recommendations for instance). But specifying an algorithm would be centralizing, and is a bad idea.
1-10 how informed are you on this topic?
1-10 how much do you trust this person on this topic?
1-10 how certain are you of your conclusion on this topic, if any?
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Show me people who see themselves as very informed, are trusted by people I trust on this topic, and yet rate themselves having low certainty.
Central algo bad. Free market of algos = good. Because people are gomna make algos.
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I tagged Lyn in a post recently with the @ name that I follow which is the real Lyn but it linked the tag to an imposter. Not sure wtf is going on. Realistically I’d pay to follow Lyn and some other accounts with a one time sat fee. Not sure if that would fix this issue
That's not great, what client was it?
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Shows her following 67 accounts
I mean was this snort, coracle, amethyst, etc?
Does it matter?
Damus shows a purple icon next to the person you follow and should present that first. Although the follow sorting is only in TestFlight atm, maybe thats the issue. 
I think when I typed the full tag, I didn’t select which Lyn account. I just typed it and posted. And it defaulted to an imposter rather than the real Lyn. This means you have to pay attention to select the correct account any time you tag instead of just typing the correct tag since it could link to an imposter.
Maybe y’all could offer considered feedback on the solution I have proposed…?
- Take the weight OFF from each client to solve the “content and trust ranking” problem in their OWN.
- Retain the free market of ideas that currently exists with each client designing their own algos.
- BUT BETTER when users can share amongst themselves, and inter mix these algos and filters to discover the best results for their use case.
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This needs to get better.
👆🏼THIS
Whatever filter 21 has access to (in the client) was NOT enough to keep the bot from INJECTING itself INTO THE POST.
If 21 had trusted friends with BETTER content filters, (including the 1 say fee idea?) this could be easily remedied by sharing it.
Nostr needs a way to share (and discover the best) content filters and trust rankings!!