API-based lists

[weex]

I see an opportunity to make lists even more useful by connecting listr to APIs. For example noswot.org/api/v1/scores?source= will give a list in json of the 1000 most trusted accounts in a user's network. I created such a list using a python script and now use it as my main feed vs. the 200 or so follows that I added initially. I find it to be more diverse and active than the standard follows feed while still have zero spam.

Amethyst makes it so easy to use a list as one's home feed that I suspect this can operate as close to the ideal algorithm.

Going further it may be possible to run a daily update on a list to where authors of the most popular notes get added to the list. Could be a neat and more decentralized take on a trending mechanism.

I'd be interested to hear if any changes to that API would make sense and what might be desired in a broader list API spec.