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Gonna say it openly: #onlyzaps is dumb.

Client predifined #onlyzaps is dumber.

"My first impulse last Friday 21/04 when I received the latest Damus update was obviously to test it and give feedback, as far as I was able, to its developers.

I immediately realized that something was not quite in line with my principles, as soon as this option was activated you automatically affected the experience of other users by hiding the (controversial) like button without their consent and in a unilateral way."

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Azz 2y ago

I'm on Amethyst so didn't get the option of testing it. I also didn't notice any like buttons missing. I think I was able to like the posts of zap only accounts. I assume they didn't see them. Not sure if others could see them.

The issue I see with zaps is that a 1000 sat zap costs more to some than others. For someone on $2 a day, 1000 sats is a couple of hours work. For someone else, it's insignificant. For the reciecer of a pseudo anonymous zap, they appear the same. If we want nostr to break down barriers, we need to think about how to signal value appropriately.

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zeph 2y ago

Yes that’s a good point

bitcoinaz 2y ago

Exactly. Zaps are not equally accesibile for two reasons.

The senders. Poor people are left out. Their interactions would drop.

The receivers. People tend to zap more well known accounts, influencers, etc.

The halo effect. They are prevalidated and common people also desire validation from them. Senders send them zaps because they feel familiar and then sit there and imagine saylor looking at their zaps and thinking of them after his bot publishes an ai pic.