Using the social graph as a Web of Trust isn’t ideal because it mixes two different things. The social graph is about who you follow and who follows you—connections, not trust. Just because you fo...
I don’t view this as a “social” network of friends or family members, to me, it’s a content network. I follow people because of the content they post.
I already indirectly “trust” this content because the people I follow can already repost to me.
So yes, I trust their choice of content because I follow them.
The system you’re proposing seems to have a few issues:
First, if a new user has 0 trust, they are not shown to anyone. If they were shown with a zero score then so would spammers.
Second, any bot with low trust can just create a new npub and return their trust score to 0 so that they can keep spamming.
Third, it’s not clear if your system has a way to avoid Sybil attacks where bots “trust” each other and that fake trust boosts their overall trust.
I already indirectly “trust” this content because the people I follow can already repost to me.
So yes, I trust their choice of content because I follow them.
The system you’re proposing seems to have a few issues:
First, if a new user has 0 trust, they are not shown to anyone. If they were shown with a zero score then so would spammers.
Second, any bot with low trust can just create a new npub and return their trust score to 0 so that they can keep spamming.
Third, it’s not clear if your system has a way to avoid Sybil attacks where bots “trust” each other and that fake trust boosts their overall trust.
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