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302 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined 26 Dec 2024 \ parent \ on: deleted by author alter_native
Without an incentive (reward) for zapping, people just freeride. No one zaps on nostr (essentially) and everyone zaps here (essentially).
There are many downstream effects of this.
- I think the way we just scroll past stuff, on other platforms, is partially a result of not having an incentive (reward) for engaging with it.
- When people aren't zapping, good content doesn't get elevated out of the noise, which makes it even harder to find good content.
- Without zapping, people will stop paying to post
- More importantly, without zapping, people will stop putting in the extra thought that currently goes into SN posts and comments.
The whole thing falls apart without the rewards system. If you think it's hard for newcomers now, the world without rewards would be so much more challenging (see nostr). Only people with established sycophantic followings would get zapped on their posts.
Perhaps not surprising, then, that the person who's been here the longest and has the most sycophantic following is leading this effort.
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Nostr is much larger than Stacker News
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Sure, but more as the backbone of different web services. Fountain, for instance, is a nostr client and it's amazing.
For text based discussions, nostr clients pale in comparison to Stacker News, though, despite having far more users.
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It likely will get better with time, but I'll bet some of that comes from adopting similar incentives to what SN has.
SN is working on decentralizing. Territories were the first step on that journey. Attached wallets are the second. You can already cross-post to nostr from here, which I do.
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