you’re grasping at straws. the ability to send anyone anywhere money that instantly settles without going through a bank is insanely valuable. especially in the context of media and sharing of information.
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Sorry, I just want some clarification. Do you agree with Derek's statement that Nostr users aren't meant to create notes to get zapped? Also, do have a more direct response to my earlier questions?
the point is you can do whatever you want. including sending money. if you’re making posts with the sole intention of trying to be zapped they’ll probably be shitty posts and you won’t get zapped. zapping is a feature not a requirement and there are many features nostr has that traditional social media platforms do not have. you can just use nostr as venmo if you didn’t have access to venmo in your country for example. or a anon journalist could monetize their content where they otherwise couldn’t. or you can just shitpost and people can send you bitcoin if they chose to. what is the downside of zaps? i’m not really understanding how having the option to send bitcoin is a negative.
You are correct. All the downsides of zaps only arise when they are implemented and used.
I don't understand why zaps are implemented and used. Why would I need a financial incentive to post my thoughts? And why would I want to read a person's thoughts if they are only posting them because they are being paid to?
lol
Why do you assume the only reason a person would post notes is zaps if they exist? People's reasons for posting notes is multifaceted, and different from person to person.
Have you ever tipped someone for good service? A zap is like a tip. Not expected, but a way of showing appreciation.
The people I talk with aren't performing a service, they are having a conversation. A waiter SHOULD change their behavior just to get more tips. They SHOULD need a financial incentive to perform a job. There is no authenticity to undermine because I am just there for service, not conversation. Quite unlike a Nostr discussion.
So don't use zaps then.
Is that what you believe? That Nostr users shouldn't use zaps?
I think people should use Nostr however they want.
Have you considered that people might actually care about and be interested in your beliefs about how Nostr should be used? Have you considered that people might see people's habits and beliefs as being inherently relevant to eachother? Have you considered that people who want different things than you might actually be wrong and making a mistake?
What I understood from my short stint here is, using or not using zap is up to you. But if you 'feel' like incentivising a content, you can do that directly rather than a big brother coordinating it for the "zapper" and the "zappee". I am drawing parallels to how YouTube incentivises it's content creators... Example: You need 4000 hours of viewership in last 365 days... Or you should have 1000 followers.
But in Nostr, those prerequisites aren't there. You see a good content, zap it, and the content creator is rewarded.
(You either watch ads in other platforms or pay a premium. Either ways you are contributing financially to a big corp)