There is no centralized authority to provide follower counts on nostr. Follower accounts are calculated by looking at contact lists that you use. And there's no good way to calculate this quickly or accurately for every single relay that exists or npub that exists. Follower accounts are not a good metric in a decentralized network.
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Why do I have 20k followers when I see my profile on nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg while on nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 it’s 816? 😆😅
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If clients can't give an honest answer, why give an answer at all? Without some sort of bold and ever-present caveat, it's low-key lying to the user.
I'm in agreement. I've mentioned before that follower counts should be removed. It's an archaic metric that doesn't apply here. Who will be the first?
For sure. It also gives off an “I’m not proud of who I am” unconvincing plastic surgery vibe.
it is a good reason, bu it think some people want to know if they have more or less follower to communicate with their community.
Some other notes talk about a way to make influencer come here from other social media, this is an important data for them.
This number don't have to be exact, it should be a "rounded" one like ~100 ~1k ~1M
and not an exact number.
It would respect the fact that decentralized network don't have this exact value, but also the need to know "how many follower i can communicate with" for the ones that care about that.
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Look at the example at the start of the chain though. There's a pretty big difference between 800 followers and 20,000 followers. It makes the whole network look silly. And it can't be more exact without full-network crawling and indexing.
If you see a job advertisement with a salary listed as "From $100 to 10,000 per month" will you take that company seriously?
It is true, so it is better to find a new way to display it.
You think it is better to say "no one know how many follower you really have"...
It is not serious for the ones who really have a business with that number.
Perhaps, as i said a round number or a kind of "badge" could be enough, and associated with the name of the nostr user.
And for some who want the real number they will have to wait for this number after a long relay crawl (perhaps a tool in "settings" section of apps).
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I think you’re right that there can be some other way to help with impersonation.
And sorry for the double note (i can't edit previous one).
But i just remember someone said if you want to check the "true" jack, or other famous user here, just watch the number of follower, the higher have more chances to be the one.
If you remove this, they will have to be another way...
As i told you a kind of badge could be fine and associated with a rounder number of followers (like a up level in video games).
Badges ever exists, for primal users, why not for followers ?
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