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Community notes on X has really rekt some people posting nonsense on the platform and I think crowd sourcing information is a great way to provide context and alternative opinions, especially if a piece of content gets a lot of reach.

As #nostr gets more popular, and more people come here to enjoy saying whatever they want, I think having a feature like that would benefit clients and keep people from trying to run their mouth or post misinformation

When you couple it with #Zaps you also create a powerful incentive for people to do research and provide quality community notes that others find valuable, a reward for you taking the time to debunk something
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Huw 2y ago

I think community notes is a bad idea. I’ve seen some good ones on X but I’ve also seen some woefully uneducated ones.

They’re usually accurate when it’s within the realm of the community making the note, otherwise it’s down to popular consensus.

I think zaps are more resistant to this but isn’t foolproof. There’s no reason that a motivated group couldn’t plough a lot into zaps to “validate” a false community note. It does make the barrier to entry higher though which is good.

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TheBitcoinManual 2y ago

Yes I am not saying it's completely foolproof, we will always find ways to game things but we can add additional layers, like age of account, authority, network of followers all as metrics and even user feedback on community notes that can encourage or discourage certain behaviour

There's no central authority here to review content, so it will always be up the community to do it, they would do it in the comments anyway, this is just another way/UX of promoting that behaviour