Likes provide zero signal. They are relics of ad-funded social media intended to inform their algorithms and keep people addicted. They’re the shitcoins of engagement metrics. Absolute garbage. Stop using them.
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I like this note
I like that you like this note
This is the signal ^
Like.
The lighting button is moar fun
Ps ty the other day
Nothing for a nice lady. Beer in Poland cost more
I want to visit there someday.
Never been, but nostr allows me to perform minor acts of gratitude from my place of financial freedom.
My grandfather is from there. So it's always been on my bucket list to check out. Super cool of you!
We visited Wilno Tavern restaurant in allegedly the first polish settlement in Canada. Food was delish. Pierogies, polish sausage and cabbage rolls for me 🤪
Your comment is 💜
Sooooo…. Never, like… Like?
Dakota liked this post!
Disagree. Keep using likes!
It’s good for the soul.
Yes, they are weak sauce and relics, but man the more people hate on them, the more I kinda wanna like-spam harder. 😂
Actually, I’m most excited for negative zaps.
I’ll probably stop using likes then.
I would love for clients to allow me to downvote an idea but still zap for the contribution or have the zaps go to opensats or a prism or something else.
I agree 👍
Noooo. Like my posts, it makes me feel good...
🤙 if I put this emoji as a comment or as a like it's still communication. Maybe clients don't display the different emojis as likes in the way amethyst does but for me the likes are just a way to quickly communicate without having to do the extra taps of adding a comment. Plus, it's not really useful in most cases for others to read a comment with a singular emoji more of a direct feedback to whoever wrote the note.
That being said, likes are a shitcoin I agree.
This whole conversation got me spiraling on the difference between signal, communication and value 😂
There is a huge difference in Nostr clients, so again there is the communication channel that influences the message on which the sender of the 'signal' doesn't have any influence.
The absence of an element of communication can be the communication 🤔
🌀 😶🌫️ 🤯
we are used to empty praise and making things about us. I've seen this scene many times: a child creates something and an adult says "it's beautiful, I really liked it", without really paying attention to the creation and the child. and that's how we relate. We don't go out of our comfort zone to really pay attention to other people's creations, to really let ourselves be touched by them. and we don't go out of our comfort zone to tell someone how that affects us instead of making it about us or someone else who needs to be validated and recognized.
for me it is hard because I'm always afraid of saying things that doesn't really matter. but that fear comes from that dynamic, I guess. and your comment invited me to say something and think about my own behavior.