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 Speaking of #Primal... no, not rigged at all.
 https://image.nostr.build/6a8987fa983b62ae03a5061c53cad3a8509f2f7ab35a20a5cc75fd76f8e4d0ce.png 
 https://image.nostr.build/bb273c55ed89e15eb05762aac65f540b1603a3b7ae93bab4ef63c6c275c4bd04.png 
 What's wrong with primal  
 Everything
* trying to centralise a decentralised protocol
* custodian wallet plugged in via API
* rigged trending and shadow banning of nostr users
* slow development though it's the best funded nostr project
* conflicts of interest by sitting in the OpenSats grants commitee for nostr grants
* no support for the "other stuff" transported by relays.
.... do I have to carry on? 
 well yeah I noticed this as well because I can't zap anyone using primal as it requires me to use their own wallet 

but I will reach out to their support to find out what's going on 

please I'll follow you now, follow me back so I'll be able to get back to you when I get a response. 
 IT IS A PRIMITIVE TRENDING ALGO THAT HEAVILY WEIGHTS REPLIES. 
 Feel free to look at the replies to those notes. 
 LOOKS LIKE NINE REPLIES ON EACH.

MY NOTE HAS OVER SIXTY.

PRIMAL TRENDING IS NOT RIGGED BUT IT IS BASIC AF AND NOT VERY HELPFUL. 
 GM 🫡 
 first note 25 comments.
second note 11 comments.

this one has two comments
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but somehow got picked up and has now magically disappeared again. 
https://image.nostr.build/6a8987fa983b62ae03a5061c53cad3a8509f2f7ab35a20a5cc75fd76f8e4d0ce.png
Maybe Primal should deactivate trending until they figure out how to code it in a way that it's truly engagement based including comments, zaps AND reactions. Until then that sidebar is utterly useless.  
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Just to add, I don't care to be trending on Primal but it's obvious that that thing doesn't work properly. 
 Yay I finally made it!  
 that's why it's called #primal 
 It's a list of featured account and has nothing to do with trending content. 
 but who decided to feature them? where's the receipts? why should anyone trust this, and shouldn't they disclose the mechanism of selection? 
 That automatic follow list needs to go because only their boys are on there. 

They should make it automatic follow hashtags because danggggg they cheating  
 I just noticed that they're also still using note1... instead of nevent1... effectively not including the "seen by" relay information of the event. EVERY other app has adopted the nevent1 standard because IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. But not Primal because they have other goals.