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146 sats \ 6 replies \ @denlillaapan 17h \ on: my problem with zaps the_stacker_muse
Incredible! Yes, very well-formulated as to why zaps and comments feel so weird on SN.
my problem is not with zaps per se but with the over-financialization of online culture in general. What, in fact, do we have left of culture that has not been infiltrated by the monetization gods?
zap would be a higher-stakes action if it meant that I had to earn my bitocin back through more proof of work. But, as it were, on SN, the proof of work is, more often than not, more zapping.
Here, as somewhat opposed to Nostr, the zaps aren't genuine but self-interested since zappers know they get the funds back via rewards. What did SN do about it? remove the leaderboard, so we just can't tell in real time where we're at. Pretty ridiculous; treating symptom not cause etc.
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211 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 13h
zaps aren't genuine but self-interested
zaps don't have to be genuine, that's what is so great about them. Genuine or not, a zap has a cost. So, any system built on the signal provided by zaps is more reliable than a system built on some far less costly signal (likes, views, even followers).
since zappers know they get the funds back via rewards.
This seems to be the more relevant question: is the way rewards are calibrated now breaking the important cost-elements of SN?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 11h
that seems reasonable enough... in eq, the cost element should matter more than whether something is genuine (who cares, really?!)
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @unschooled OP 16h
Interesting. I've probably never zapped on Nostr.
I'm not coming at this as a critique of anything they're doing on SN, because to be competitive online these days, you have to hook users' engagement.
remove the leaderboard
i wasn't aware. but, yea, i'm not sure how I would have them approach this, and wanted to hazard away from prescribing anything out of my depths. maybe giving more weight to comments in the rewards system?
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49 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 12h
I zap on SN and nostr and from my own personal experience it seems to be more personal on this platform than on nostr.
Here in SN I zap for the hell if it on nostr I often the only one zapping a post and it feels like it’s going to the ether from someone I’m never going see or hear from again.
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101 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 16h
Here, as somewhat opposed to Nostr, the zaps aren't genuine but self-interested
Nostr zaps feel like virtue signalling to me
treating symptom not cause etc.
I would love to treat the cause, any ideas considering what I mentioned here?
Also, isn't treating a symptom better than doing nothing at all?
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 14h
I guess, yeah. -.-
Not sure how you un-gamify what SN has become. It's a little chicken-and-egg, too, because it's greatest selling point as a product/platform is exactly that people zap like crazy...
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