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Be aware of "new" people seeking your generous Zaps. Sorry, but I find it odd if someone is brand new, but has a Lightning address and uses two popular hashtags on their second post without anyone telling them to do that on their first post all the while having an incorrectly filled out Nostr address. Now, I get it, NIP-05 or Nostr address is confusing for most people, but having a working Lightning address, now that's a bit suspicious. When we have Bitcoiners that have put BTC addresses and LNBC invoices in there. 🧐

nothenry 2y ago

What if there was a trust score based on how many sats a person has zapped to people you follow?

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Derek Ross 2y ago

I don't like that because it will alienate legitimately new and non technical people.

Just be welcoming, but also be cautious that scammers are here.

I have a "girl" from Singapore DMing me now, talking about cryptocurrency and wants me to get on "her" WhatsApp.

nothenry 2y ago

I would just use it as a “dont zap this person until they prove they’re real”. Wouldn’t mean ignoring them necessarily.

Although I can see how it might be used that way. It is a slippery slope from that to social credit score.

Derek Ross 2y ago

Yep. We don't want that at all. I this is something we'll deal with a lot. I just put some things together and it made me suspicious that this person isn't real, or there's more to the story. It was just an observation, well, several of them.

nothenry 2y ago

Yes but it’s something people will build nonetheless. The best way to fight it imo is to build really good tools for verifying authenticity without crossing the line into digital credit score. If the best tool for that is one that IS a social credit score, people will use that. So we have to make something better.

Can’t fight dystopia by asking them politely to stop. Have to create a better alternative.

Ca₿le Guy 2y ago

You Don’t Know Who the Sucker Is at the Table, It Might Be You!