I discovered while digging through the irisdb code that they use a social graph for the feed system. If your nostr app is still using a social graph for the feed system then it’s creating echo chamber and orphaning legitimate users trying to use the network.
Social graphs distance should not be used to create feeds with the exception of your direct follows. Social networks are more like news feeds. They are global. A good feed isn’t just made up of your “in-group”. A good feed is made up of high quality content regardless of the author. This is how new authors get recognized and how people can see what’s going on in their world outside their immediate bubble.
Social graph prioritized feeds are relic from Facebook, a network that was never designed to be a news feed. That network was designed to be simple friends update app and mostly private. That is not what social networks are today. Today social networks are a place for people to discover content from around the world and that is actually unrelated to who is a friend of a friend of a friend. I’m rebuilding the feed algorithm from scratch on etch.social.