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I don't know how, I was thinking more like about people accepting zaps for selling goods and services without leaving their clients, as #[0] suggested once, or crowdfunding things, or offering to do things in exchange for zaps, I don't know.

It could get even more interesting if clients dedicated to other kinds of content used zaps too. It's a powerful concept.
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Carlos 2y ago

Powerful + risky = dangerous.

Yes zaps are powerful, but receiving zaps can be faked. If people and apps promote zaps as a way to send / receive value, they're priming others to fall for fake signals.

"Top most zapped post" / "most zapped article in this store" / "5 people zapped Bob 1 BTC for a DM convo" -- no way to tell if zaps are fake or real, but impact and social pressure for viewers is real.

How influencers shitcoin now to get money out of gullible people, zaps will do the same.

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The Yuri 2y ago

Grifters will always find ways to game the system.

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Matt Lorentz 2y ago

Oh wow I never thought about this. You can just zap yourself to make a post look really popular.