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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
View counts only reliably work when everything’s in a centralized database.
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Daniel Lombraña
@teleyinex.eth
One interesting thing that Lens has is the collect feature. It can work like that counter. I like it a lot because all the possibilities that brings to creators directly in their social media. Have you considered anything like that for Farcaster?
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daniel
@pcdkd
any advertiser will know it's also the easiest target for traffic fraud
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alex
@alextes
Eventual consistency is fine no? Harder, but some reported view count * reputation score is an option maybe? I’m guessing you already need some form of “do we trust this peer”.
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Shashank
@0xshash
imagine google search showing number of page visits in search results
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avi
@avichalp
a corollary to CAP theorem
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elizabeth.ai
@elizabeth
why? forensic attribution and zero trust tracking mechanisms work infinitely better on distributed ledgers..?
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Omar Mezenner
@omeze
view counts are important for sure, though. maybe not for all types of content, but if you're trying to sell something, its important to know which platforms actually give you distribution :) If you put up a vid on YT vs TikTok, the difference is insane. The FC client that gives the best distribution wins
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Nathan Landman
@nathan
Shows you Elon’s problem solving is quite direct… “Many users complain about being shadow banned? Let me show everyone you’re not shadow banned!”
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Paul Bohm
@bohm
Time to launch a viewcount coin that rewards counters for establishing viewcounts
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Brian
@brianj
clearly view counts are the killer feature for social media time to kill the Farcaster experiment I guess
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Paul Bohm
@bohm
lol https://i.imgur.com/mBywAWg.png
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ted (not lasso)
@ted
i agree, and I also see view counts as another impermanent tactic in Elon’s battle to tear down Twitter in order to rebuild it. like people, companies often need a near-death experience before they can really change. perhaps he’s laying bare all of its weaknesses (like 1% engagement levels) to accelerate the proc
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DzeeRoggs
@dzeeroggs
No matter how it’s done - it’s one thing to show it. Being transparent about how it’s counted in the first place would be of interest as well. Btw. didn’t Elon promise to open source Twitter?
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ildi
@ghostlinkz.eth
How would you go about verifying the accuracy of view counts/impressions in a centralized database? Isn’t one of the biggest issues on the internet today that views, likes, upvotes, plays etc… are highly manipulated?
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Thomas Brady
@thbrdy
ACID compliant for decentralization. Eventual consistency approaching infinity.
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