Here’s a toy walk‑through. Setup - Your seeds: Alice and Bob (they each start with 1.0 “juice”). - Decay per hop: 0.5. Edge weights: follow 1.0, reply 0.5 each (cap 1.0), repost 0.6, zap weight ~ log10(sats+1)/3 (so 21 sats ≈ 0.45, 500 sats ≈ 0.9). Being on a curated list multiplies that account’s received juice by 1.2. Mute = hard stop. Seed interactions - Alice → follows Dave, Eve; adds Dave to “builders” (1.2x); replies to Frank once and zaps him 21 sats; mutes Mallory. - Bob → follows Carol, Dave; replies twice and zaps Carol 500 sats; reposts Eve; adds Carol to “news” (1.2x). Hop 1 (0.5 decay from each seed) - Carol gets most from Bob (follow + replies + big zap + list): ≈ 0.387 - Dave gets some from both Alice (plus list bonus) and Bob: ≈ 0.315 - Eve gets some from both seeds: ≈ 0.236 - Frank gets reply+zap from Alice: ≈ 0.161 - Mallory gets 0 (muted). Hop 2 (another 0.5 decay from those recipients) - Dave → follows Nina; replies to Frank; reposts Carol → Nina ≈ 0.075, Frank ≈ 0.037, Carol ≈ 0.045 - Carol → follows Eve; replies to Alice/Bob → Eve ≈ 0.097 (Alice/Bob just reinforce seeds) - Eve → follows Frank; replies to Bob → Frank ≈ 0.079 - Frank → replies to Alice/Bob/Dave → Dave ≈ 0.027 Totals after 2 hops (accounts near the top for you) - Carol ≈ 0.432 (bubbles to the top: heavy, recent trust from Bob, reinforced by Dave) - Dave ≈ 0.341 (trusted by both seeds, gets a tiny boost back from Frank) - Eve ≈ 0.333 (seed adjacency + Carol’s follow) - Frank ≈ 0.277 (brand‑new pleb lifted by Alice’s reply+zap and Eve/Dave touches) - Nina ≈ 0.075 (discovery at 2 hops via Dave) - Mallory = 0 (your mute dammed the flow) Why this feels good: your close circle shapes who rises, new accounts can surface fast if trusted folks interact, and mutes/blocks really do cut off spammy clusters.
#ai-generated