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n/Android, do we want to use Votes or Zaps?

Satellite.earth has implemented the ability to use Votes or Zaps to determine the popularity of the content inside individual communities. The choice is up to all of us.

If we pick votes, that means anyone, including non-bitcoiners, can participate. This mimics Reddit. If we pick zaps, that means people would need to have sats to boost a submission. This would mimic Stacker.news.

Both methods have pros and cons. I am a fan of being inclusive, but I'm also a fan of the value for value model of using Zaps. What are your thoughts?

rugged.rug 2y ago

Zaps v Votes

Zaps necessary. It's the whole point. A person must put money where mouth is. Without some cost, spammers win.

Weighting

Arbitrary. Must come up with the 'perfect formula.' Only certain personality types think they have the 'perfect formula' for everyone, and we don't want them to lead us.

Capping

Arbitrary, Must come up with the perfect maximum cap.

As with everything, the choice is best placed in the hands of the individual. The platform should not decide, it should give options. i.e. I want to see what has been zapped at least 1 penny, with no weighting. Or I want to see everything zapped in order of how much it has been zapped. Or I want to see everything liked in order of how many likes, or everything liked at least once, or everything that AI determines is written with correct syntax and has a 10th grade level vocabulary or higher but has not been zapped or liked... etc

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Discussion

Derek Ross 2y ago

Since these are moderated communities, spammers can't win because mods control the content that gets put into the community. They curate it for the community to prevent spam. Does that change your response?