I see. Though you still need a way to prevent rogue actors exploiting or gaming the system. The popularity (on chain) has no meaning if it's trivial to grow it

I see. Though you still need a way to prevent rogue actors exploiting or gaming the system. The popularity (on chain) has no meaning if it's trivial to grow it (see google's page rank), or if it's not transparent where it's coming from (for example I would not trust a bitcoin address if I knew its inputs are coming from criminal activities).