I hope that "incentivizing effect" will also mean that zapped post will remain longer into the future (not be deleted a la "Delete * from posts where zaps = 0") and be used for AI/knowledge base training in the future.
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actually, maybe that's how proganda works. but at least with zaps, you will run out of zaps on your favorite topics and so your personal influence machine will never be an energizer bunny.
Katy Perry sang about this
" Come on baby show 'em what their worth, as you zap across the Nostrverse, make 'em go 'ah ah ah'..."
That would be useful. A "delete all Kind 01 without n zaps" function.
it's gameable unfortunately, just like follower counts
another effect of the deliberately leaky consistency of nostr's lack of distributed system protocol