mep1911 on Nostr: Depends on what "global view" means. I think if you know an id, any post should be ...
Depends on what "global view" means.
I think if you know an id, any post should be retrievable, bittorrent-style. It's fine if "distant" posts take longer to show up, although of course there can't be any guarantee retrieval will be successful.
For opening random posts of someone they already have in their stream, users don't actually expect "global view", as the big commercial networks also filter and prioritize, so "delayed" aggregation is fine.
For hashtags and random search terms though, the expectation is really high to find any posts for them "globally", because that's when users may want to find and connect total strangers from far away around the world about whatever niche topics they're interested in.
I think if you know an id, any post should be retrievable, bittorrent-style. It's fine if "distant" posts take longer to show up, although of course there can't be any guarantee retrieval will be successful.
For opening random posts of someone they already have in their stream, users don't actually expect "global view", as the big commercial networks also filter and prioritize, so "delayed" aggregation is fine.
For hashtags and random search terms though, the expectation is really high to find any posts for them "globally", because that's when users may want to find and connect total strangers from far away around the world about whatever niche topics they're interested in.