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100% afree with this, but doesn't Zapping create a problem just a bad: People with lots of money pay for the tweets that have the most influence . Ie, the tweets that get the most attention/ zaps are ones that incentivise the wealthy, those with money to spend on zapping. My fear is that posts to nostr that gain the most influence will be the ones that can persuade the wealthiest in society to donate sats. Nostr politics becomes tied to the interests of those with the most sats to spend. So watch time algorithms of twitter are replaced with those able to make posts that attract the wealthiest donors. I'm not sure a social media platform that serves posts written primarily to appeal to the richest in society is good for society or good politics either.

HoloKat 2y ago

Only if you sort by most zaps. But zaps don’t mean anything as they can be faked. Worse yet: you just get to see the highest paid opinion

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Decentralise 2y ago

Right. So what is the point in zaps exactly? It seem every nostr client is really keen on implementing them. To me they are a turn off, for the reasons you said.

3j2009 2y ago

The point is rewarding the creators of content you like. Paying for content, so that the writers of said content don't resort to shilling shit just to be able to earn a living from their writing.

You can't yet earn a living from zaps, but the underlying incentive structure is there and it will slowly come to reality as NOSTR grows.