If someone pays me 1M sats to show something I don’t want, I have the choice to keep the money or pay 1M + 1 sat to bump it. The problem is, if I buy back the top spot, their zap still shows in the zap list so they have gained some free advertising there.
We’ll probably need more rules around that sort of thing and I can imagine ways it could get out of control quickly, but it will be entertaining and edifying to watch it play out.
I was critical of anon-zaps for the very reason that they would be easily gameable but I believe you’re speaking about Will’s implementation in Damus right?
If so this is a different thing, he’s making the algos pluggable so if you don’t like his sorting you can add a different version in to Damus to control your experience.
Regardless, we get to see game theory play out here in a way that is completely unique with hard and scarce money on the line and a protocol which enables movement between apps. Super cool!
There's a simple solution on Damus' side. He can only sort zaps that shared with the devs.
All wallets can do that and maybe signal which zaps have a rev share.
