A visual demonstration of a Nostr Web of Trust (WoT) system.
Assume you're already logged in on a nostr client, and you're setting up your WoT filter.
All of these posts are published notes from people you don't follow, but a number of who you follow have either followed them, not followed them, or muted/blocked them.
Based on how you've set up your WoT filter, it would or wouldn't show posts. Hopefully this helps explain WoT on Nostr.
What's highlighted is what you'll see in your feed. What's not is what you won't see.
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Muted by: 5 people you follow
Random published note
Muted by: 4 people you follow
Random published note
Muted by: 3 people you follow
Random published note
Muted by: 2 people you follow
Random published note
Muted by: 1 people you follow
Random published note
Followed/Muted by: 0 people you follow
Random published note
Followed by: 1 people you follow
Random published note
Followed by: 2 people you follow
Random published note
Followed by: 3 people you follow
Random published note
Followed by: 4 people you follow
Random published note
Followed by: 5 people you follow
Random published note
Followed by 5+ people you know
Random published note
The following is you modifying how far you want to extend your trust to.
In the above, you're seeing posts of people who are being followed by someone you're following (if set at 1 or more).
Here, if you set it to 1 for example, you'll see posts of the person who's being followed by the previous person you've set yourself to see in the above set setting.
(Assume the below posts/people below are not muted/blocked by anyone you follow)
(Assume that the people below are not constrained by the first WoT filter directly)
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3rd person in the follow chain (Any one of the above are the 2nd person)
Random published note
4th person in the follow chain (being followed by the previous person)
Random published note
5th person in the follow chain (being followed by the previous person)
Random published note
6th person in the follow chain (being followed by the previous person)
Random published note
7th person in the follow chain (being followed by the previous person)
Random published note