Now that I think about it, algorithmic choice is false hope.
Only a matter of time before someone implements the most popular algorithm into a client and market forced push the hand of other clients to do the same.
Best to avoid at all costs.
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let zaps be the algo?
Nooo. Too easy to manipulate.
really? but manipulation would come at a cost to the manipulator.. am I missing something?
You can just zap yourself at almost no cost
an army of npub bots to zap oneself.. sad
Don’t even need that. Just a handful of npubs blasting large amounts back and forth. Can probably be automated to look random too.
Good point Karnage.
With current AI tools, it would be easy for someone to create bots that zap around sats in a limited circle with almost no loss.
They could even zap small amounts to outsiders as a cover to keep up the pretense; that would just be a minor cost per month. High visibility would lead to revenue in form of incoming zaps from real users.
The worst type of people may be few in number but they will always find a way to game a system.
Agreed probably best avoid algorithms entirely.
Agreed.
Users creating their own Lists is the easiest non-algorithmic solution for high-signal content in chronological order.
Regarding algorithms, Where there is money and influence to be made, algorithms will gravitate toward favoring the big money flows and advertisements. There is reason to suspect that this will lead to algorithms that distort visibility and lead to gatekeeping mechanics.