I seriously underestimated the effect of zaps on how nice people are to each other here. Just that little price that needs to be paid for rudeness or hostility is enough to get people to act civilized. It really doesn't take much to change culture.
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Nostr has been great for signal > noise. Agreed!
Thatβs a nice thought. You deserve a zap.
Good incentive structure in place, changes the world around us.
When will there be an incentive structure in place to make you wish you weren't a piece of shit? 
keep up the good work jimmy - you're part of spreading the word about this π
Incentive is real
Accountability hits
The simplicity π
#haiku
When does accountability hit?
Every time you post or note. You are accountable for every word
I try to hold myself accountable, but do you see what's happening to me? When will the accountability hit for that? The people targeting me clearly don't hold themselves accountable
Delete this deranged npub.
Start fresh with a positive outlook. Be accountable for yourself by not painting a target.
All your posts Ive come across have a negative flare.
And the two interactions Iβve had with you now have not been positive.
Thats on you. No one else. Move on and stop bothering people
How do you know the fact that our two interactions have not been positive is on me when you followed me after primal got rid of the "my tribe" feed that allows me to see posts from my followers?
I am not going to move on or stop bothering people unless Digit is safe. You can make me repeat that as many times as you want, I assume you'd have understood it the first time if it wasn't painful to hear so I'm happy to keep repeating it and causing more pain as long as I don't know if she is alive
You need to get offline and seek therapy.
Nope. I need proof Digit is safe. You can make me repeat that as many times as you want, I assume you'd have understood it the first time if it wasn't painful to hear so I'm happy to keep repeating it and causing more pain as long as I don't know if she is alive
Have you seen how fucking badly it went for me trying to start zapping from this npub in the past 24 hours? nostr:note19jd9k69p0pavw2dhtehr7qlfq678zdcnlgc09h3qpqkmlsgpax4sp7vand
nostr:npub1k3nyttxjdweup07r6sjcycw2yqc926je92yqud69lch7jlfm20esvgcydw I invite you to zap this post
Incentives matter :pampit_lg:
I zap 10 sats by default. In 2024, I zapped a total of 7,200 sats. Thatβs only $7, but it's incredibly refreshing. It's an absolute game-changer, no social network compares to this.
A spark of value transforms culture, proof that small incentives ignite big changes.
Thats indeed a valid Point. ππ»
Perhaps that is a better way to incentivize positivity than how some others are doing?
Zaps are the best way
Healthy money is core to culture
There might be more to it than that, for instance the kind of people who want to use NOSTR. Because unnecessary toxicity is a cheap instant reward for many people. In other words they would do it for free. I think that the effect of zaps is especially felt in the incentive to produce proper content. Other platforms cater for cheap engagement and views, but most viewers would not care to give money to the producers of the content they watch. They are literally consuming garbage and saying: 'I wont pay, this is actually garbage content'. But the thing with real value is that a person who provides it, receives it back. They might have less total views, but the fewer who do appreciate, are more willing to return real value for it. So the zaps disincentivizes trashy, disposable, negative content, in favor of real value. Now that is an incentive it is not a hard set rule so people will still be people.