Interesting psychological effect of zaps: Feels dumb to waste your time writing stuff that won’t be good enough earn them. Having a post get zero zaps sends the signal to your brain: this was a waste of my time.

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⚡️Now you won't feel so low. Interesting observation. I feel that when I've spent time and effort on something. Getting a BIG ⚡️ is such a rush, especially when it comes from someone you respect.

My quick comments I don't feel too low about. Just sending my self out to the world.

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Zaps quickly turned into performance art for Jack. Nobody sees the irony. They have made things much less playful.

I dunno, I was thinking of this as a positive: could lead to much higher signal content on Nostr. “Playfulness” in social media usually just means engagement bait.

Playfulness is reciprocity. Engagement bait is sending 1mm zaps.