I think for 1. and 2. RankProfiles is a solid approach
https://vertexlab.io/docs/services/rank-profiles/
Let's go through the case with replies:
- user clicks on a note
- client loads all replies for that note
- extract the pubkeys of these replies
- client asks Vertex for the ranks of up-to 1000 pubkeys in a single call, with the user's preferred algorithm
- client hides replies from npubs with rank lower than the user's preferred threshold
- client ranks the other replies by their rank (or a custom formula like rank * zap amount).
pippellia / Pip the social graph guy
npub176…7vgup
2025-06-19 06:53:20
in reply to nevent1q…2z6a
Author Public Key
npub176p7sup477k5738qhxx0hk2n0cty2k5je5uvalzvkvwmw4tltmeqw7vgupPublished at
2025-06-19 06:53:20Event JSON
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