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I got all sorts of fear and negativity fed to me, I love the lack of algorithms on Nostr, but I suspect they are coming.

There is nothing stopping someone from building a client that has its own subtle ranking algo (sorting my total sats zapped would be a good example)

The big difference is that if you didn't like the algorithm, you'd be able to switch to a different client fluidly and have all the exact same followers/follows.

The benefits here is that it allows for a free market of Nostr clients, but there is a non-zero chance that a client with an algorthm built on Nostr becomes the primary way many interact with the protocol. We are just in the initial wild west version right now.

Can't wait to see how it progress with all of you 😄💜
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Roir Raw 2y ago

But what negativity could an algorithm feed you here right now?

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Michael R. Sullivan 2y ago

Not much, but it'll come. I've been attacked by a couple shitcoiners who clearly came on just to argue with people. In the globals there are some people doing the fear porn thing.

I think I'm basically agreeing with you here, that algorithms are not to be feared, and could potentially add value to the space. I would be pretty bummed to lose the pure freedom here though, but I could always adopt a client without the algorithms I dislike.