Comment by dgellow
5 hours ago
I’m not convinced that’s the case. A relatively small subset of bad actors can join the network, create new accounts on a second phone, tap (or find a way to fake that process via the API), then eventually use those accounts from bots.
It’s of course more friction, which in itself is good to avoid spam/bots, but over time all of that can very likely be automated
Bots don't matter if you aren't connected to accounts you haven't tapped phones with though.
I think this point is crucial:
> [...] would be roughly proportional to the strength of the friend network connecting them.