Zapping newbies to Nostr immediately is dumb as shit.
Promotes bad behavior.
Message should be:
Welcome, now do something or beat it. If you’re real, not a bot, & not a scammer, you may get zapped. Good luck.
Discussion
Couldn't agree more, people just unload instantly, especially if there's a few photos, and those photos show a women.
I don’t. And I usually block/mute indefinitely those accounts.
I want Nostr small for a long time. Unique. Fuck newcomers. We don’t need them. Not all at least.
Yep agree. Show some proof of pulse
Isn’t there some dumb welcome bot that insta zaps now? I understand the premise but disagree with the execution.
Keep Nostr small for as long as possible.
I just mute anyway. My feed is clean.
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Especially since there are (or were?) people with many npubs who try to milk the introductions
Yup. It’s like nobody remembers the PEPSI wars. 😂
The pepsi wars 😂
Or the brand new npubs with a zap wallet setup who already know all the terminology and hash tags 🙄
I know of about 6 right now. Same accounts, different names.
Post loving, inspiring bullshit. But never interact. Just post.
Muted them all.
Times have definitely changed. Unfortunately some are here just for the zaps and they try to get them in disingenuous ways
Zap washing across their own accounts too.
“LOOK HOW MUCH I ZAP” accounts are sus. They wash between their own npubs.
Keep it real or beat it. We know who you are.
I do at least.
I remember one of those accounts. The alt account had a pic of the same person as the original account 🤣
Sometimes I just sit in the cornr of Primal’s walled garden and zap myself. But, I don’t brag about it.
TITW
Same thing with the zapathons.
Those were different in the before times. I haven’t done one is a long time.
Early on they were fun TBH.
I don’t think so.
It was all a ploy to get those sats.
Even back then. People would recycle memes and post 100+ in 30mins 🤣
Now what’s crazy is to see the zapathon hashtag on notes. On a monday morning 😂 there hasn’t been regular zapathons in a long time
Curious noobs don't have zap wallets and NIP-05 set up on their first note. And women aren't real.
Agree
My brother was a newbie. he sent all zaps to me immediately 😆
Is your brother in the room with us right now?
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Yes, I'm explaining it to him. He is a musician, but there are some problems. One of them is the poor internet connection in Iran. Most of the time, he tries to upload a photo of his work, but he faces difficulties. Understanding open source and decentralization is very important for people who are used to working on centralized social media platforms. Some people are not patient and want to get things done quickly.
Anyway, I agree with you about your post. It is our duty to explain to the people around us before they join a space like Nostr. I try to share everything I’ve learned with people who join here.
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My brother's profile nostr:npub1dnem903jd88rwpe59cxeehnt3ej8tdcexmkjresrc4xpxvxw0s4sxeru43 , maybe you will become one of his art fans 😉
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I got a 2000+ zap from gigi for one of my first posts. If what you say is original, interesting or funny it deserves a zap. Fran got more than a million sats for her first post and Prince Philip zapped me 21 sats before he even made his first post.
I zap newbies for fun. Dumb as shit.
and don't forget to tell them GFY
Lol I’ve thought about this too. Too much dopamine then when their next posts don’t do anything they wonder what happened.
Still think it’s a net positive though and not “dumb as shit”.
Nope. A lot of the newbies are scam accounts looking for free zaps.
Proof of Value before any zapping. Fuck newbies. When I joined Nostr I was welcomed by confusion & people sending DM’s thinking they were posting (true story).
Figure it out. Provide value. Or fuck right off.
I appreciate this take.
Of course the newbie scam accounts is one thing.
When I onboard a friend, I want some stranger to zap them cause they can. Thoughts?
That’s different. Read my post again. I’m pro zaps. I’m anti newbie welcome zaps from a welcome committee bot or Nostr leader. That’s dumb as shit. Drives bad behavior.
Introducing your friend & then people zapping is not even close to what I meant.
Be better. Smarter.
Curious… are bots currently/potentially and issue on Nostr? A newb wanting to learn more….
real n00bs are the ones that cant be zapped
I mute 100% of non-zappable accounts.
Wanna play in this sandbox? Setup zaps. ⚡️
Then do something worthy of being zapped. Or you get muted as well.
Pretty much right to jail for a huge % of Nostr.
My goal is to reduce Nostr to about 100 maniacs zapping each other.
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Considering this approach!
It’s how we win.
Nostr should be invite only. Pay to play. Value driven. Or death. Quick death. Possibly painful.
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This is true. The real ones should technically be non zappable until someone shows them. Except if they already know about lightning. Maybe from twitter?
Thats why I zap em. To tell them I cant.
Scam accounts have all the hash tags and marketing bells and whistles from the get go.
You can see a noob when their first introduction is without the # introduction.
He is a dormant account.
But the learning curve is obvious.
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Well said friend I am trying out different DeSo and so I new here myself a week or more now myself and I hate that some people followed me straight away as I mean it shows they hope I follow back and then we never meaningfully interact witch then makes any social media boring
Remove web3 & blockchain. It’s cleaner. Nostr is BTC only FREN.
you are aware that Nostr is a protocol built on freedom of speech and interaction with decentrlization at the hart of it
yes it has integration with the best of the best bitcoin on lightning network
under the hood though it has nothing to do with bitcoin and there is no mention of it being for bitcoin on the official Nostr website
soninwill use noster how I like friend and if you don't like anything I do there is an option to mute so kindly do
I mean, free the zap ⚡️ all I’m saying
I am conflicted... I see your point of not spoiling and incentivise scammers. But I also see that Nostr now feels fresh, fun and exciting. Getting a taste of this as a newbie can also push them to jump with both feet into Nostr. It also reminds people to be kind to each other and in turn those newbies will be kind to the next batch of newbies. I assume that most newbies are honest. I just onboarded a family member yesterday and I literally said, don't worry the OGs will be friendly and help you around. He didn't even know what zaps were but with my help and others now he understands the concept and he's excited to spend time on Nostr. I don't want to keep Nostr only for myself, otherwise it will get boring fast 😅
But I definitely agree that people should embrace the value for value mentality in here, which after a few days as a newbie you will get it 💜🚀
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Lowest common denominator always ruins things. Curious newbies will find their way fine. I did.