Why does follower count even matter anyway? Seems pointless unless you’re trying to flex so you can be an influencer of sorts.

It’s interesting to say the least as to how it changes behavior & people’s perception of others. At times it seems obviously useful, while there are also absolutely cases where it seems to have very negative effects. Not to mention so many people *do* care about it and it’s a major driver for...

Why was it a mistake? How else would you structure the people that provide the best (subjective) content that others want to follow?

This becomes the first thing I’m disagreeing you with Jack 💀

Curious about how #[4] would address this? I completely agree that follower count is a problem but it’s the only way good way to get your writing out there. This is a problem because it disadvantages people who post less frequently or who join the protocol later. As a result we don’t see the ...

Same as zaps are for nostr Changes the dynamic around tipping Becomes a proxy for quality of content, which can be gamed with wash-zaps

I would love to hear more context on this. Like, what behaviors did you see (was it more of a problem of bots/spam or just fixation on "being popular").

How Twitter Gamifies Communication - C. Thi Nguyen https://philpapers.org/archive/NGUHTG.pdf

Follower count created a tool that could be weaponized — huge psyop in being manipulated by group think — humans innately want to move with and be a part of the crowd

And that's in a context where you can ACTUALLY count followers. You can't actually count followers for real in nostr.