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30 sats \ 6 replies \ @siggy47 17 Mar \ on: The Math Behind SN's Web of Trust meta

I knew when I saw those big crooked "E" type symbols that it was time for me to look for the Web Of Trust For Dummies book.

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46 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout 18 Mar

crooked "E" means you just add up everything that's inside of it.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 18 Mar

Thank you. That's a nice, simple explanation

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46 sats \ 2 replies \ @denlillaapan 17 Mar

Hhahahaaa, saaame. Too long since i did math to even follow. Nooo thanks!

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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker OP 17 Mar

Didn't you go to some hoity-toity university like Oxford or something?

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40 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 17 Mar

Yup, guilty.

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146 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 17 Mar

Hey, you got pretty far if you made it all the way to the !

To put it more simply, think of the trust graph as a series of pipes between each user. Trust is a liquid that flows across these pipes. Some pipes have stronger flow than others, based on the similarity of the two users' zapping behavior. If you let the trust keep flowing across these pipes, it eventually settles on a stable amount of liquid in each person's tank. That's pretty much how it works.

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