tom on Nostr: The Real Grunfink I think that shows how profoundly meaningless follower counts are ...
The Real Grunfink (npub1p77…0jxq) I think that shows how profoundly meaningless follower counts are in the federated model; even if one doesn’t trust the numbers from a webfinger response and verifies every single follow, it boils down to trusting instance admins doing a good job at not allowing malicious bot accounts (and historically, even big tech platforms weren’t able to do that reliably).
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