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WoT *is* the message, in whatever way you want to package it: shared cultural cognition or tech. It forms a trap. It might be a necessary trap to deal with opportunists and spammers, or simply, as you say, something that goes back to tribal need. I used to figure I wanted the WoT/reputation. I don't think that anymore. It is something I learned here on Nostr, along with @HODL 's memetic circus tricks. A good hack is to just get a new npub and start over with the few people that had any genuine engagement related to priority work. This is especially important if you don't care about Bitcoin or the other cultural attributes that dominate Nostr. It is easy for me to try too hard. I hope I've learned to back off of this thing called reputation. It is related to identity, and that alone is a huge nasty trap we fall into (and it is monetized). Mostly, what I post as an individual means zero. What I create, how I interact and care IRL matters. Sure, that sounds pat and trite, but I also believe that gets at the WoT issue as well. Create something useful, and people will find you regardless of the WoT of the day/platform. If I get some free time, I'm thinking that a hybrid between ham radio licenses and CB radio (with channel 9) would be an interesting project. (my x.509/MQTT tunnel/Tower w/ Nostr event objects routing idea). I'm not so sure it addresses WoT any better... haven't investigated that far... I have something to finish, first. I have this intuition there is something there, though. Anyhoo... Jack's money has been put to great use here, IMO.