Hi Ferret. Thank you for taking the time to provide insight into your feelings and for shedding light on your perspective. I’m sorry that you feel like things have changed and that you feel as though your experience and people have changed with it.

In your next note you mention that you check people’s “onlyzap” status before you reply. I’m not sure why that matters to you and how you could assess why someone would turn it on.

Here is my story. I have come here to connect with people in an attempt to show the world that we do not need to be mediated. I have come here to share my voice in the hopes that I can provide some value. I am here, anonymously, because I have never been able to speak without someone prejudging me for where I come from.

I have never been able to connect with people on social media, because I have never been confident enough to contribute. I have always been a scroll, like, and consume user. This is because I have always felt like my voice didnt matter and my perspective, based on a world many don’t understand, was not worth as much.

By turning on onlyzaps, it forces me to comment more, repost more, and engage more. I found myself falling into old habits. I was scrolling and liking too much. The reason I have enjoyed this space so much is because of the conversations.

You and I have had conversations, not just exchanging likes, but talks that provide me with insight into who you are. There is nothing monetary about it and it hasn’t changed.

I hope you can see that there are many reasons why someone would turn it on and there may be reasons you are missing. I hope you stay in the space, as you add a lot of value you care deeply about people and you have the opportunity to build the experience you want to have.