I don't think scores on the forehead are a good idea. It's objectifying people, as if any algorithm is going to be 100% precise in capturing the very contextual notion of trust.
But they don't have to be shown, they can simply be used to increase signal and decrease noise, magically, and in the background.
Hiding it is even worse. Imagine if all the clients brought in shadowbans.
Just let amethyst be the safe space echo chamber app for onboarding bluesky users who love censorship.
I'm 100% serious
Do you consider mute lists to be “censorship”? I don’t, and I’m guessing you don’t either. In which case: why do you consider the WoT scores on Amethyst to fit into the censorship category?
I’d argue it’s censorship if it’s centralized, based on global trust scores. And yes, Bluesky is centralized. But if the system is personalized, like a mute list that you manage yourself or the metrics on Amethyst that are personalized to the end user, then no, it’s not censorship.
I should probably point out that the scores on amethyst are calculated using open source software that you can run yourself. You can delegate the calculations to someone else if you wish, but it’s not necessary.
You want to use these scores in the background but pretend like you’re not? So you can tell people you’re not objectifying them even when that’s exactly what you’re doing?
