zap contest to me are nothing but engagement farming lol, whereβs the value in that ?
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Damn mybad bro
π€£π€£π€£ Iβm just calling out the practice, not the individuals but yea.. think about it..
I mean I'm tryna make fans over here so yea, I am engagement farming
It's also just fun
Thought about it! Thx!
Def gonna work my fren!
Is that sarcastic lmao
NOOOOO omggg why yβall think Iβm being sarcastic over this π€£π€£π€£
Cause your main argument was there's no value in engagement farming hahah mybad ππ«
Real or sarcastic? I can play devilβs advocate for this argument π
Def reallllll hahah cmon give it to me
Positive arguments for zap contests:
β’ Possibly connecting new people that werenβt aware of one another before
β’ Creating a more fun and competitive environment, making it a creative challenge
β’ Getting to spread zaps around and making people feel rewarded for their creativity and effort on here, possibly inspiring them to make more content on their own
β’ Getting experience organising and hosting a mini-event online, and what are the ins and outs of it
β’ Great chance for newer and less-followed users to get their name out there, as there is not a βdiscoveryβ or algo to push their content otherwise
I kind of agree.
But also, if a content creator, or even an advertiser, wants to offer some satoshis in exchange for attention, isnβt that in keeping with the v4v-style improvements over the legacy algorithmic ads/engagement model?
If theyβre a brand/content creator than itβs in their favor to engagement farm all day I believe..
Then*
To a degree, at least!
Iβm thinking about the (very blurry) line between marketing and engagement farming - isnβt the latter just a style of the former?
If a brand that Iβm slightly interested in is willing to pay me to learn about them, that feels like a choice I have the power to make as a financial actor
If I have no interest in the brand, then my attention isnβt worth the sats (or Iβd require more compensation).
Not saying Iβll βsell outβ my attention as a general rule, but the user should have the choice.
I much prefer this to the βyou have no real control over what ads you see or which advertisers track youβ model
Oh yeah I completely agree with you!! & Iβll def add that some ppl are selling their attention for a couple sats rn to repost someoneβs agenda which they might not even fully understand yet, which is why Iβm saying that type of engagement farming isnβt as valuable for the participants as it is for the creator, but theyβve yet to see that.. they instead as participants in the protocol should be encouraged to provide their own value in whatever way is most genuine to them and receive value for that.. itβs the way
Definitely - the participation & creating value of your own is the core here π―
Iβve definitely noticed the differences too - βrepost and like for satsβ versus something like the posts that have a playful nature and sats rewards
Very interesting point you made about who gets the most value from it, too. I wonder how long it will take to find a market equilibrium there. Especially with satoshis so criminally undervalued right now π
Dont think just zapβ‘οΈ
I find it fun to give away sats. A contest seems like a fun engaging way to do that. Iβve had fun with otherβs contests. I guess anyone with an LNURL is zap farming really.π
Thereβs diff types of contest, im speaking about the most basic ones but yeah shouldβve maybe explained it a lil better lol
ser, thereβs. gimme 2 first π€£