Intended by whom? It's probably not what the downzapper intended, but it might be what k00b intended.

The response I'm talking about includes boosting our own stuff, when we want to make sure it reaches others, but also zapping stuff more that we want to reach others.

You mean, assuming it is worth my money, the _rational_ thing to do would be for me to counterzap the 5000 sats from the downzap? For me, in this specific case, it isn't worth it. My post already had eyes on it, and as I said, being on the top of a downzap list also draws in a few new eyes. So from the perspective of the downzapper, this would be evidence of it _not working as intended_, no?

south_korea_ln

Working as intended, but also how we respond is part of how the system is supposed to work.