How would it cost you? Do zaps require a portion go to the relay? Otherwise couldn't I just zap myself to the top?
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If you're zapping yourself, we're going to see it since you're done publicly.
You'd never know because I wouldn't have to zap from my pubkey
A random account zapping? You better start building that random zapping account now so it has a post history.
which is exactly the same as how gaming likes looks…
so it’s the same
Why would it need a post history? Unless clients use some kind of ranking system like member.cash was using then most clients wouldnt filter it out. Even still were so early it wouldn't be hard to build out some quality engagement using a gpt based set of pubkeys to game with if that leads you to trending where you could have more economic gain from zaps.