I thought I heard someone mention having problems with impersonator accounts on nostr. Which of course are all over the place in Xitter. But perhaps they’re already being filtered out by the various existing nostr WoT scores. Or just not a problem yet bc nostr is still too niche.
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Oh no. They’re definitely here too. Most clients only make it clear who else you know is following them. This is what I mean by needing new UI patterns to help users parse this info faster and easier.
Would a purple check not be a useful UI pattern for this particular problem? If you see a familiar name and avatar + a check on a client that supports it, you’ll be pretty confident it’s not an impostor.
Maybe i should ask instead: do you have any particular UI pattern in mind for a problem like this?
The problem with that is that we had a purple check sort of thing (and still do in some clients) that was based on Nip-05. It is sort of a verification of your name on a specific domain name but people give it too much weight thinking it means there is only one of a person with a check mark. So it’s ended up being confusing.
I don’t have any really good ideas. It’s something I want to start experimenting with more soon.
Combination of persistency of the nip-05 (how long without change), your WOT follows indicator (more likely to be the real deal if many of your follows also follow for a long time) + some activity metrics (replies, likes, boosts ratios etc. for not spam —> depth/quality of content)?
Similar to if somebody has been on Xitter or IG for over a decade with regular posting and following —> gives higher trust that it’s the real account.
I agree the purpose of the NIP-05 check was always a little confusing. We’d want ti start with: what problem are we solving? Impersonations is not a big problem for most plebs, but it’s a big one (or will become a big one if it’s not yet) for accounts with well developed brands. So some sort of method of social proofing that someone’s claimed brand is legit. 