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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 7 Jul 2023 \ parent \ on: SN release: trust algo v4, reward changes, pwa enhancements meta

Wouldn't this disincentivize zapping posts that might not be as popular with others, newbie posts, subs that don't get as much attention, etc?

The presence of an incentive for one thing isn't a disincentive for another. It doesn't cost you extra to zap things that will be unpopular.

Before this change I could earn sats by posting content that people find interesting, and spent sats by zapping things that I find interesting.

I think you misunderstand the change. None of what you describe here is affected by this change. You still earn sats for anything people find interesting and can still zap what you find interesting.

Now the two are tightly coupled, so I am likely to earn less for good posts unless I'm also a top zapper (of course if I post interesting content I still earn from the zaps people give me directly).

Again I'm not sure you understand. There are two ways to earn on SN:

directly from zaps by other users
rewards (which are SN's revenue that it chooses to give back)

If you post good posts, (1) still totally and absolutely applies. The hypothesis of this change is that the quantity received in (1) will be higher and make up for the lack of (2) and then some.