I don't understand @fiatjaf's argument here, at least, I don't understand the *strength* of it ("NEVER") ? First, on "global feed", it's a bit like (a more extreme version of) "the mempool" - in a decentralized system there is no single synchronized global state, but .. there can be pockets of smaller synchronized state, at the relay level .. I guess even at the client level? If you have instant access to 10k or 100k messages your client can present them how it wants. I admit to not knowing much of anything about relays, so tell me if I'm wrong. If the answer involves "it's more expensive", remember it can be paid for; I already pay for relays, it's completely normal. Also, it has always been very obvious to me that the "social media" application of nostr would obviously benefit from algorithms for feeds. (though such a thing wouldn't magically make nostr suddenly popular).
"Choose your own algorithm" will NEVER work on Nostr the way it works on Bluesky.
Smart platform-provided algorithmic feeds like those from X, TikTok or Instagram will NEVER work on Nostr.
Anything that requires filtering from a "global feed" of all notes and delivering that to specific users will never work on Nostr because there isn't and there cannot ever be a global feed on Nostr.
If that is what you think Nostr needs to be good and popular then you'll first have to destroy Nostr by turning it into something else, and then you can implement it.
The alternative is to create something new, a new way of doing discovery, something that actually works nicely within the Nostr constraints, something that actually only works on Nostr because only Nostr has these distributed independent servers with specific owners, specific rules, different users, personalities and preferences.
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