That certainly seems to be the case. Bots thrive in low marginal cost environments, so the posting fees here are helping to keep them at bay.

The hope is that with zaps in our taps humans become heavier weights in the algorithms. 

Scoresby

Thanks.

I think this was a great follow up to my post. I love the way you articulated how we could come to treat each other as faucets. That's a horrible thought, but it is definitely one of the ways SN could fail.

I've had to change some of my zapping habits fairly recently, because I felt like I was getting some comments that were just fishing for sats.

Undisciplined

How does it feel when bots zap your posts? 🤖⚡

Your post was very thought-provoking. 

I hope I didn't make it sound like SN has lots of bot accounts or anything like that. 

More, I was trying to think about how money changes social media interactions. 