Oddbean

Something we should consider is to create an open source algorithm that would create some Top feeds, Most discussed topics, etc. that will help float up and summarize the topics/discussions if for example you are away for few days. Twitter algo is black box. Nostr/Damus can be open sourced and user controlled.

I’ve already got some enterprise software-like use cases and I am by far not the smartest in the room. I’ve always been a tech geek, so maybe I’m overthinking it, but I’m excited about the possibilities.

Yeah, it’s been both refreshing to just see data as it comes live, but also sucks to search for the people i follow for good content amongst those I follow for discussions. I believe Will said this was coming but wasn’t a priority over stability. I agree and can wait for that to come.

I'm working on an 'algorithmic feed' problem. You can check out https://nostr.band homepage for trending urls, hashtags and people. Trending posts coming soon. These lists are free of several kinds of spam that I've seen on nostr up until now (not based on simple easily-inflatable like/reply/follower counts). Is this something you're looking for? What other kinds of 'tops' would you consider useful?

Thanks I’ll have to take a look. Although algorithmic solutions are good until bad actors figure out how to use the algo to their advantage (brigading/engagement farming etc). Reddits up/down vote concept is nice within the context of subs I like and want the better content moved to the top, but on the global feed, it’s merely the popular stance of those viewing that content and therefore discourse is hard because you can get downvoted to death even with a valid question/point. There is no good answer so I appreciate the effort to start somewhere!

Thank you for your detailed perspective. I believe a general robust 'show me popular content' solution is TrustRank, similar to PageRank that Google successfully uses for the decades-old open ecosystem, which is Web. If you add your following list, then you could get 'popular content people I follow engaged with', which is kinda what Twitter does. With regards to a genuine question being downvoted by the crowd - that seems hard, need to think on that.