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Pip the WoT guy

Follower counts that make sense, live at npub.world 🌍

https://m.primal.net/PniX.mp4

miljan 9mo ago 💬 1

Great idea to show reputable followers!

Questions:

1. How do you determine if a follower is reputable? I presume it's based on WoT, but the question is, how exactly does somebody make the cut of being reputable?

2. How many real humans do you think you are missing in your reputable follower counts? For example, if somebody creates a new Nostr account today and follows you, they probably won't get included in the count, right? Do you have estimates on how many real users you are missing?

These are important topics; keep up the good work!

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Pip the WoT guy 9mo ago 💬 1

Hey, thanks miljian!

For context I'll add here a response I just wrote. It's a bit convoluted I know, I should probably make a video explainer.

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> how exactly does somebody make the cut of being reputable? It has to be followed by at least one reputable

> how many real humans do you think you are missing in your reputable follower counts?

No idea tbh, but these users haven't gained a single reputable follower, which probably means they haven't posted anything / met anyone in meatspace that is already on Nostr.

One can find these people by their npubs, but not using the search DVM. This is a very opinionated decision that I think will make more and more sense in the future: I choose to crawl what people find interesting/valuable. and nothing else.

miljan 9mo ago

Thanks for the explanation.

My guess is that these reputable follower counts filter out *a lot* of real users. Remember, most people online are lurkers and don't post much content if any. Therefore they are not likely to be followed by reputable users.