The whole idea is that there is no black box magic, but a marketplace of open-source algorithms and agents instead. The documentation explains it well.

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What is Vertex? Vertex is Web of Trust as a Service built on top of the nostr social graph. It provides reputation scores to offer person...

That last point on our current smolness :clapping:

Well they better implement your tool if they want to be the onboarding client of choice 😅

no one is using nostr, YET

thanks sir

Definitely a necessary piece in Nostr's puzzle, bravo!

Great idea to show reputable followers! Questions: 1. How do you determine if a follower is reputable? I presume it's based on WoT, but the question is, how exactly does somebody make the cut of being reputable? 2. How many real humans do you think you are missing in your reputable follower counts? For example, if somebody creates a new Nostr account today and follows you, they probably won't get included in the count, right? Do you have estimates on how many real users you are missing? These are important topics; keep up the good work!

Hey, thanks miljian! For context I'll add here a response I just wrote. It's a bit convoluted I know, I should probably make a video explainer. nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpa5rapcrtaadfazwpwvvl0v4xlskg4df9nfcem7yevcaka2h7hhjqyt8wumn8ghj7mtvv44h2tnjv4skc7fwd3hkctcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtcqyqscjdyme00uaezmgs3d4cg6p2eezfj365xm8qqeuy7gfvkm9jhcyupgfpd > how exactly does somebody make the cut of being reputable? It has to be followed by at least one reputable > how many real humans do you think you are missing in your reputable follower counts? No idea tbh, but these users haven't gained a single reputable follower, which probably means they haven't posted anything / met anyone in meatspace that is already on Nostr. One can find these people by their npubs, but not using the search DVM. This is a very opinionated decision that I think will make more and more sense in the future: I choose to crawl what people find interesting/valuable. and nothing else.

Thanks for the explanation. My guess is that these reputable follower counts filter out *a lot* of real users. Remember, most people online are lurkers and don't post much content if any. Therefore they are not likely to be followed by reputable users.

for example @Alex Waltz, this long form and technical video of mine worked pretty well. nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpa5rapcrtaadfazwpwvvl0v4xlskg4df9nfcem7yevcaka2h7hhjqyt8wumn8ghj7ct4w35zumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpzemhxue69uhk6mr9dd6juun9v9k8jtnvdakz7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uqzqcpztpye20duyr2gcw6ulpud8tk066vyfum9y4st4hc84233fvx8w4z2jj