As many others, @Mickey sadly leaked his nsec, losing his prior profile @Deleted. Years on Nostr gone. 8k followers gone. Or maybe not? You see, Mickey did something smart. He made his old account follow only his new one. In this way, despite him having now only 135 followers, the old acquired reputation "flows" to his new account. Because npub.world uses Pagerank, it's able to capture this signal and that's why Mickey ranks #1 in search results. This would not be the case if it were using naively follower counts, or distance. In a way, the social "key rotation" is working out in real time, and you can help it by following @Mickey. image

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Constant 1 month ago
The fact he comes in with ''There needs to be *something that is impossible*", means i don't respect him (insofar this topic is concerned atleast). The fact that he subsequently responds like a butt hurt little bitch means it was probably not going to be useful, because it start with him accepting he fundamentally does not know what on earth he is talking about, a humility he clearly lacks otherwise he would not have made the initial statement the way he did. for example, it would have been different if he'd phrased it as a question ''Could we do *something that is impossible*?" There are heuristics (and admittedly entertainment) at play here Pip. But if you want to go over Identity 101 with him, be my guest.
There was definitely humility in his post. "An interesting dilemma" he said, not "here is the perfect solution".
Why does new Mickey show up above old Mickey? Does old Mickey get some special deprioritization because you marked it as leaked?
Old Mickey has been renamed "Deleted", so it won't show up in the search results anyway. Anyway, new Mickey with just 130 followers is above other Mickeys that have more, because Pagerank doesn't just look at follower counts but also at the importance of such followers.
Smart move by Mickey—reputation portability is an underrated feature of open social graphs. Reminds me of how legacy systems cling to value even during transitions, like defense stocks surging on geopolitical uncertainty despite shifting energy landscapes. The article below shows how entrenched systems extract value during instability.