Nostr really could use a robust npub rating system. i.e. what would be cool is if you could just give this npub a 0 rating (perhaps even add a comment)... then, when I receive an unsolicited DM from this same npub, I would quickly notice that it comes with a low rating among all my follows; and that nostr:npub1aqakd28d95muqlg6h6nwrvqq5925n354prayckr424k49vzjds4s0c237n has even provided a detailed explanation to accompany the low rating he gave.
(*I have heard of work being done in this direction; but I haven't taken the time to keep informed on progress).
In this case the npub was brand new, but they had posted quite a lot. They had followed around 300 npubs but only had 4 followers, so I was certainly sceptical.
Yes, a rating system might help, a bit like review systems, although they can be prone to abuse too 🤔
WoT driven labels, tags.
You tag the scammer so that all of your followers can see it.
It's decentralised. Organic. It's not perfect, could be abused... but it could be good enough.
Badges is the word I was looking for!
IIRC there was already a Nostr badges project somewhere..
I think at least the following badges would be extremely useful:
Scam ⚠️
Bot 🤖
Spam 📧
We probably need a combination of WoT, rating systems and reviews.
nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq37amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dwfjkccte9ejx2un9ddex7umn9ekk2tcqyqlhwrt96wnkf2w9edgr4cfruchvwkv26q6asdhz4qg08pm6w3djg3c8m4j have you any views on this?
Especially in light of this:
I think WoT can be used for a lot of things and fixes a lot of things. I'm a fan.
"only had 4 followers"
Nobody has to be as technically capable as you to immediately recognize this as a red flag. Those who have become accustomed to the centralized world 'protecting' them just need to get educated on the implication of a new decentralized, don't trust; verify world.
Granted, this education isn't going to happen en masse overnight; but, I kind of feel like focusing on providing better and better tools for individuals to perform their own verifications has to be a more productive path in the long run than trying to replace the 'protection' they are used to getting from the old centralized platforms.
