Reacts on Nostr have psychological value. They are not worthless and zaps don't completely replace them.
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Reacts have psychological value in other social networks too. Some Nostr clients might not use that as a product. Maybe π€
Agree.
Yes, I always feel something is missing when I only do one and not the other. I also like the fact that there are infinite number of combinations. I internally keep changing the reaction signature. 21s with βοΈ, 37s with βοΈand so on xD
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that psychological value goes away after some time I think.. & nothing has to really replace it, I think zaps are on a league of their own.
The value of a react to the receiver is temporary, for sure.
This is mostly just to say that the only-zaps ethos drops that value entirely. Some people have been making the claim that zaps are the only way to communicate value over Nostr, but I don't think that's true.
To expand I would value a comment or quote over a zap. A comment requires action and show that I have created a response that has emotion behind it. A quote is a direct emotional response meant to juxtapose the two notes. a repost is only a button push. One that means my audiences should see this too but not much else.
I understand that a like can have value I feel a zap has more
yeah temporary in both senses, cause i actually meant that over time.. the more time youβre not on algorithm driven platforms you care less if you received a reaction for the content you post, you tend to value the conversations under that content much much more.. I see both sides for sure.
The problem isnβt that they have no psychological value to the recipient, itβs that potentially they have no value to the sender. π«