Could just be some extra metadata in the contact list next to petname
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But you might not want to follow them so yeah could be a new note type
Yeah, this is orthogonal to whether you are following. You might want to follow someone you *don’t* trust to critique their writings, for example.
And you might trust one person enough to recommend to others, and another person with your life. If commerce happens on nostr, you’ll care to know the difference.
In the OTC days we used a range of -10 to 10, where -10 was scammer/thief who will likely abscond with your money, and 10 was highest honors.