View count is a shit metric. The real metric is zaps.
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Yup
Agreed completely. Value should be represented by ā”ļø and not by the number of views.
Zip
Zap
Any idea how to combat zap cycling where two parties agree to zap each otherās content continually, effectively boosting each other at near zero transaction cost?
Itās just zaps. I donāt think we need to overthink this at this point
Zaps are like any other reaction in #nostr: they could be easily faked.
The signal is not in the quantity but on the quality: it's not 'how many' but 'who' react to a post.
I reckon Web of Trust (kind of) is where is going to reside the signal. What are your follows doing. Nobody can faked your follow list. Just you.
The rest is noise.
True. Itās the most felt
āZap me so I know itās realā
Zapped ā”ļø