Am I alone in thinking that the Web of Trust idea isn't actually that useful? There's four accounts here that know me IRL, and others have been interacting with me for nearly three years. Can we not calculate a true web of trust in our own heads?
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Iβve said it once and Iβll say it againβ¦
Web of trust didnβt work for the internetβ¦
So Iβm not sure why everyone thinks itβs going to work here on the internet now?
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Just my 2 sats on the matter
What do you mean "didn't work"? Are you talking about the specific implementation around PGP?
Hes probably talking about the WoT extension from way back when
Also not a big fan of WoT idea but the goal is if your seeing a lot of spam from bots in comments and stuff you currently have no way to block that, with WoT you can set to hide comments from WoT below X level. Ofc some valid new npubs can get hit.
Couldnβt zap you.
Iβll align it with orphan black as a shadow to web of trust. Playing the archetype ββchoose your own adventures β game seems to work for me. :)
No. We can't, evidently. π
I'm so over this rating of everything thing. We are not products to review. We are people who can or can't be trusted. Trust is the ultimate PoW. It cannot be replaced algorithmically.
Right on ππΌ
I just have a spat claiming to have all the wisdom - some crap developer. He got it coming.
I have been using it for a few months. I find it very useful to see which replies are scammers or bots and which ones deserve my attention. Same for DMs and notifications in the app. I find myself trusting users more if I know my algo has given them a bigger score than others.
You dont feel like youre missing meeting potentially new people? Is there a way to quantify how many people you just won't know exist?
Your algo can rank new people higher if you want. It all depends on your choice of algorithm.
Okay, maybe I'm misunderstanding WoT. I thought it was distinct from user algos? So if an account with no followers at all, that hasn't had the opportunity to form a network of friends, replies to your post and youre using a client that implements WoT, will that show up in the thread for you?
Web of Trust is just a calculation based on your network. You can use somebody else's Web Of Trust calculations that don't allow you to customize anything OR what we are releasing that allows users to pick their individual algos for the calculations.
So, if the user will show up or not, it entirely depends if you want it to show or not and then pick the right provider that matches that need.
OK...
Most people just use whatever is default. They don't have the time or expertise to dive into the guts and hand tailor their algo. Default parameters define networks. What's the default and does it lead to what ive described for most people?
I use WoT on Coracle and it works great as a base-level filter for Spam etc. It's also a pretty solid way to distinguish impersonator profiles, at least for reasonably high-profile individuals.
No, you're not.
don't trust, verify.
Ive noticed that it kind of ossified the people you see and its basically impossible for a new person to be seen by anyone using WoT.
I'm sorry Matt, we had a good run.