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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Dec \ parent \ on: What is Zapping for you on SN? Are you a Zapper? meta

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.

503 sats \ 5 replies \ @TheMorningStar OP 4 Dec

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).

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Dec

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.

62 sats \ 3 replies \ @TheMorningStar OP 4 Dec

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?

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Dec

Sort of. I think the rewards system that incentivizes zapping is the soul of SN.

45 sats \ 1 reply \ @TheMorningStar OP 4 Dec

I completly get your point about double rewards now. More reward means more zapping.

I agree and I'll extend it further however I don't understand it too well.

For me SN rewards are like monetization on youtube or any other platform but with a big difference.

YT only rewards the content whereas SN rewards both the content creators and content consumers.
The only problem here I see is that the rewards for the consumers on SN has to be financed by SN as of now. However this can easily be solved by pinning up a monthly advertisement on top of home page for 3 million sats.
But then again why would someone give 3M sats when there are hardly 100 tk 200 active users daily?
So, the real problem I guess is we don't have mass entrance on SN upto now.
The other thing about rewards being manipulated is what I totally disagree. I've tried zapping early but didn't get the desired results. I don't know what makes you there on the top? But I think it can be a mix of creating v4v content and zapping top content.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Dec

It's hard to project how SN's financing will evolve, because we're here so early. Most of us probably share your view that major growth in users will be the path.

However, think about how big of a difference it would make if one super rich person fell in love with SN like many of us have. That alone could cause rewards and zaps to increase dramatically.