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I think the extreme opinions on either side of issues are always driven by fear and misunderstanding of the other view. In this case, Onlyzaps maxis blame likes for poisoning the social media well, while those who resent it see it as way to cheapen social interaction by tying everything to money.

In reality what we all fear and hate is manipulation and corporate algorithms that make us pawns. That's why being monetized has such a bitter feeling to many, lkke being used. It's why the like function gets so much hate, because it was used as a tool to train behaviors. When in reality we're all just craving freedom from manipulation and decentralization. So let's not centralize or start thought policing to combat centralized thought policing. Give the user all the power to curate their own experience.
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nobody 2y ago

You summarized this well for my side.

I also think it will hurt Nostr adoption much more than it will help BTC adoption.

I’ve been wrong before, but I know I wouldn’t have stayed sans the option to like. Now I plan to operate a lightning node in the future. And I still click like and enjoy likes. Options are king, imo.

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Like most good comments, I both liked and zapped this πŸ˜‰

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nobody 2y ago

I will put them both in my little piles of treasure. ❀️

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Merdellow 2y ago

The normie will instantly get turned off by any sort of mandatory monetary investment up front. It's been a hard enough struggle as it is to shake the perception that Nostr doesn't run on BTC blockchain and is independent of it. Most who have this perception think #nostr is just another shitcoin scam messaging/social media app. We don't need confirm their biases as it will both hurt BTC and Nostr adoption at the same time.

So you're right in saying options are king.