Web of trust: a roadmap for the short to medium term

This is a proposed roadmap to replace proxy trust data with explicit contextual trust with the goal of better content curation and discovery. The roadmap is divided into baby steps to make the transition as simple and easy as possible for devs and users alike.

Step 1: Calculate WoT scores using proxy trust data (follows, mutes, likes, etc). This is already being done by several clients.

Step 2: Use the WoT scores to filter content. This is also already being done by several clients, such as Wikifreedia, where articles can be hidden if their WoT score is below a cutoff.

Step 3: Use the WoT scores to stratify content. I am not aware of anyone doing this currently. An obvious place to start: to stratify wiki articles, when you have multiple versions by multiple authors of the same topic.

Step 4: Enable users to issue explicit contextual trust attestations using Lez)’s proposed NIP-77. This has been submitted for pull request, the discussion of which is here.

Step 5: Use a combination of proxy trust data AND NIP-77 data to calculate WoT scores.

Step 6: Phase out reliance on proxy trust gradually, as NIP-77 and other contextual trust data becomes available.

Longer term:

This roadmap will be updated as I receive feedback.

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