You don't need reviews if people literally publicly state what mints they use. Can't get any more "Action > Words" than that 😂 .
But then you still have to determine **who** to look at for the reputable mints. Letting an algo automagically compute that for you (even based on your network) gets us in the same positive feedback loop we see with large npubs now. And please, oh please, let's not kid ourselves that Trending Mints are somehow a good idea.
In the end, you a need a quick way to combo-filter for Npubs that:
1️⃣ You know (i.e. part of your network)
2️⃣ Take responsibility
Communities help with both.
- They help determine what your network is.
- Admins are the obvious first npubs to look for when it comes to who's capable and willing to lead/run things like groups, relays, servers, mints, ...
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There is a nip for which mints you recommend, but not one for which mint you use (which has many privacy implications)
There is a danger of feedback loop, yes, however keep in mind that your trending mints are going to be different, and possibly very different from mines, because it's personalised!
I agree community helps with these things, totally.
Another aspect to consider is that in the future reputation is going to become much more important, so who you give your attention to or who you recommend is going to be used to judge you. Trending towards anarchy requires personal responsibility and stricter societal norms, so I agree with you pointing out these problems, but I think they will become smaller in the future (still a lot of work to solve them in a convincing way)