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Your reach can be valuable to you as well though. Likes are kind of like a read receipt that you were able to connect your message to another user. If you're goal is ultimately to utilize social media to share a message, it's not a terrible thing to get some kind of validation that your message was able to hit in the way you'd hoped it to and that you were able to engage with an audience.

This is just my own personal experience so you can take it for what it's worth, but ever since this concept of 'Only Zaps' came into existence, I feel like my day to day engagement has fallen off a cliff & personally I feel less inspired than I was just a few months ago, to stay as engaged & provide content on #Nostr at the amount that I was engaging early on.
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nobody 2y ago

There seems to be a real disconnect between people who read “value” and think money, and those who think “connection” or whatever other metric adds joy and quality to one’s life.

Money is not the only thing people value. Being heard can be valuable. Not feeling alone can be critically valuable. Intellectual debate can be valuable both for individuals and the society at large.

My entire premise is that likes express a different kind of value, which money *cannot* substitute for.

I enjoy having the option to do both. Sometimes I like, sometimes I zap, often I send both. And each variation expresses something different. I see having both as one of the killer features of Nostr - it’s a more granular and expressive way of showing appreciation.

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₿TC Fiend 2y ago

Yeah I agree 💯 so I'll really never care for the 'all of nothing' approach of Only Zaps. Fortunately I'm an Amethyst user so we've still got the option for both.

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nobody 2y ago

It’s opt in on Damus as well. I’m liking you from there right now ❤️

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unclebobmartin 2y ago

I consider zaps to be private-ish, while likes are very public.

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>There seems to be a real disconnect between people who read “value” and think money, and those who think “connection” or whatever other metric adds joy and quality to one’s life.

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>Money is not the only thing people value. Being heard can be valuable. Not feeling alone can be critically valuable. Intellectual debate can be valuable both for individuals and the society at large.

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>My entire premise is that likes express a different kind of value, which money *cannot* substitute for.

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>I enjoy having the option to do both. Sometimes I like, sometimes I zap, often I send both. And each variation expresses something different. I see having both as one of the killer features of Nostr - it’s a more granular and expressive way of showing appreciation.