I suppose it isn't needed for most of the "other stuff" that can be transmitted by relays, but...

All those kinds of feedback increase engagement, which us a pretty good metric to pay attention to, IMO.

Only the thought-police & centralized platforms care about likes & dislikes... #Nostriches care about #Zaps

Can you explain a BAD #Zap to me?🤔

It could also be abused by the powers that be in attempt to discredit legitimate positions.

Only the thought-police & centralized platforms care about likes & dislikes... #Nostriches care about #Zaps

I don't think it's needed since we have a better feedback mechanism with zaps.

Getting ratio'd shows how bad some things are considered.

Nope, they don’t benefit from an “indoctrinated” community. Look how many fools not only took a dangerous rushed at warp speed experimental genetic vexine but demanded that we do so as well. And that’s just one example.

Deary Diary:

Their empty existences and living through distraction with bread and circus and the ignorance thereof is their purgatory. They're not bad people and not necessarily deserving of going to hell. They are weak people. And deservedly live in complete darkness because of that weakness.

Trapped in that spot as the courage to forge the darkness of their own mind, which has hoarded bullshit for so long, it has become their reality. The anecdote to their dissolution has vanished with their souls. They are trapped in automation. I wouldn't say they got off easy, but certainly not a lived experience or acknowledgment of their perpetual inneffectuality.

Tourists. Copy of a copy of a copy. For the sake of the salvation of their own conscious perception of themselves. At the peril of their human spirit.

Because they don’t benefit from an educated community?

Some good wisdom in these old samurai books:

Shower praise on one’s lord though he may be reticent and mediocre, and ensure that he can execute his duties without blundering. This will help cultivate his confidence. If he is an unyielding or intelligent leader, it is an act of “great loyalty” to be a thorn in his side to the extent that, before implementing his designs, he respects you enough to contemplate “What would my pesky retainer think?” Without such retainers, the lord will pay no attention to his men, thinking that his domain is full of panderers who cajole him to gain favor. He will then become conceited.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure: The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai

So

If someone is a dunce, treat them as though they were intelligent to get the best out of them.

If someone is intelligent, treat them as though they were a dunce to get the most out of them.

Would you agree?

The best part of our 5 hour delay at the airport on our way back from vacation was the influenza my entire family got from it. 🤬