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74 sats \ 18 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Dec \ on: What is Zapping for you on SN? Are you a Zapper? meta
If you look at the analytics page (link at the bottom of the page), you can see that stacking and spending have both been rising since June.
That's probably more important than numbers of spenders and stackers, because there have been changes aimed at reducing bots and spam.
Zap big. Zap often.
That's how this community can continue to thrive
Sir, I've seen the analytics and they are good.
I don't know how it's good when zappers are decreasing/disappearing.
Zap big. Zap often.
I agree. But it seems that only a few stackers are zapping (big or low) and the rest are just onlookers.
My question is why this number of zappers has drastically decreased?
Why can't we all zap small/big on all big (all top quality posts) posts? Where are all those stackers Who were zapping in January or February?
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They weren't real stackers. Many were bots and other accounts trying to game the rewards system.
A couple of months ago, the SN team increased the fee on zaps and those grifter accounts went away.
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So, you mean 181 stackers who zapped on this #379225 were mostly grifters?
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I'm sure some of them were, but there are a couple of other factors to keep in mind.
The rewards system has changed over time. Zapping may have been more heavily rewarded back then. I don't remember exactly when it was, but there was a period where zapping was the only way to earn rewards.
Many stackers did leave after Million Sat Madness. That's why I emphasized what's happened since June.
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The rewards system has changed over time. Zapping may have been more heavily rewarded back then.
Okay I get it a little bit. There were times when people zapped to earn rewards. But I think this is the same even now. Stackers earn rewards for zapping, I think.
But you've to agree that for some or the other reason stackers Who were zappers disappeared and this procession is continuously going on.
SN is such a great platform, I don't know why the entire world is still not here even after 3 years.
Zapping as I said is the soul of SN which we have to rely on for the success of SN. (I may be wrong).
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But you've to agree that for some or the other reason stackers Who were zappers disappeared and this procession is continuously going on.
I agree with the first part, but not the second. Since June, I don't think we've lost many zappers.
You do get rewarded for zapping now, but it was more than twice as much when they were running that experiment.
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I get it.
From June it seems thd median of zappers on top posts is about same.
I can confirm it because I've seen the number of zappers on every top post since January this year.
Do you also think zapping is the soul of SN?
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Sort of. I think the rewards system that incentivizes zapping is the soul of SN.
Zap big. Zap often.
That means you are feeding the assmilkers that rely on SN daily rewards.
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False. I'm encouraging people to support good content, of which there's usually plenty.
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Remove leaderboard and daily SN pool rewards and let's see if you continue zapping... the assmilkers.
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Since I was zapping before there was a leaderboard and when it wasn't rewarded, the odds are pretty good that I would continue.
Getting rid of rewards would be a huge mistake and not likely to happen. Incentivizing zapping is why things get zapped so much more here than on nostr and why we get such better content.
We can ignore, downzap, and mute the ass-milkers and they'll go away on their own.
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As I always said: one thing is to GIVE to somebody some sats as a reward, because you really want it and they deserve it... and another thing is to zap continuously whatever post, just to be ranked in a stupid leaderboard that in the end of the day you get some other sats from people that paid to post.
I am refusing to post more things because that way the sats paid to post are going to assmilkers gaming the leaderboard. I prefer to just comment and give sats only to specific stackers or even going back few days and zap them so will not be reflected in the daily ranks.
Why?
Because I want separate zaps sats than upvotes for ranking. The amount of sats is ONLY a personal appreciation to OP not to gain ranks. But many are abusing this, thinking that will earn more sats from daily rewards.
Zaps/sats must be separate than ranks/upvotes.
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We can have different visions for SN. I don't see the point of adding cheap talk into the system. Costly signals are part of what makes SN special.
Btw, comment fees also go into the rewards pool. You either have to come to terms with the system in place, leave, or just abuse the freebie system.
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Good point, good analogy, and good idea.
I like these sorts of experiments. The devs still have lots to learn about how all these mechanisms play out in practice.
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