I think mutual follows within your group are good heuristics.
Who I follow on Twitter / Github is also a good heuristics.
"Has Twitter account" is not very telling, "has paid Twitter account" maybe a bit more telling.
But if you are looking for me specifically on Nostr and don't know which one of my 27 clones I am, it helps if you can verify the Twitter account.
GitHub is also interesting, because then you can sign software with Nostr identity (idea H/T urza (nprofile…f4s8) )
Evaluating these metrics is always subjective. Software can help, but it's always from how you view the network. There should not be a global score. But tying identities cryptographically helps with discovery.
For example check out this:
https://keybase.io/jurajbednar
If you click on the right next to account, there's a proof tying together these identities. You can use the keybase app (including cli) to verify.
We need something like this for Nostr, preferably more open and less abandoned.
Juraj
npub1m2…lr8p9
2025-06-08 19:02:51
in reply to nevent1q…vd9f
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2025-06-08 19:02:51Event JSON
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