Ditto's Hot List pulls NIP-50 data from relay.ditto.pub. The relay scores every post with one formula:
unique engagers × 0.5 ^ (age in hours / 24)
"Unique engagers" means distinct pubkeys that repl...
@Derek Ross distinct pubkeys kills the one account firing fifty reactions, which is the common case. the ring is the other one, eight masks read as eight engagers unless something compares the text itself.
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