Likes should be deprecated in favour of zaps.
We should have terminology for popular posts. Like:
> 1k⚡️ killer post
> 1m ⚡️mega post
Etc.
Discussion
That is an interesting idea ⚡️
10T⚡️ The Nakamoto post
would be cool to read through posts with the highest zap count too
Depreciating likes would give even more weight and meaning to zaps. Inevitable.
You can feel the zap
> 100M ⚡️Zapzilla Post
Agree. So does Jack.
Peter Thiel probably would too “likes are a vanity metric. Zaps are a real metric.”
I zapped 1 sat as an acknowledgment of engagement.
I read, I considered, I zapped.
I agree, likes are worthless. Literally
Can zaps amounts be manipulated? Zap a post and then send funds back with regular LN tx to boost posts. How can we combat this?
Good question. Ppl can also create multiple accounts and zap themselves
Ultimately there needs to be a Sybil resistant algo in place.
- reads the history of an account for past posts and interactions (which may expand beyond just the current “Twitter” implementation but into authentication across the web etc). Then score legitimacy of an account
- extend the zap protocol to tie LN wallets to a profile.
We need NostrRank, a PageRank for pubkeys with the ranking derrived from the people you follow
How about only counting zaps from high trust accounts?
This needs to be thought out really well, because we could simply agree that on every post I zap you and you zap me, zap counts can easily be rigged.
gonna have to make spam filters sooner than later
too ez to spam zaps and likes
Maybe create a setting to link zaps and likes - a like generates a zap of a changeable preset amount.
I've been mentally exchanging the Z in zaps for an F on all notes in my feed and giggling here like an idiot, haha 😂
Let's start here!
I agree with this. 👍
Are zaps anonymous?
Imagine a world where people are incentivized to share helpful, friendly information on Nostr. 🥹