You would rather have a post with no likes and a single user zapping 21 sats or a post with 0 zaps and 121 likes ?
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Happy with any interaction 🙏🏽🧡
How about 21 likes vs 21 sats?
I would prefer the zap but not a zapbot one but from real person.
Right! This implies there is some msats value on likes, which is a per-user subjective function of # of likes, # of zaps, and sum of zaps.
This makes sense. I was thinking something similar, that 21 like, is 21 people. 1 person zapping is only one person.
One other question.
Do you evaluate a like differently if:
* you can only like
* you can zap and like as well
And auto likes? 😁
Engagement is engagement. A like, a reply or a zap all of equal value to me, what people use, is how they demonstrate what value they place, on my post or the project I am here on behalf of.
That depend on the type of post
121 likes all the time.
How much is a like worth?
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I think the same.
So for me, like and zap are tools. They both can have different usecases.
Both can be overused.
At the end, the meaning is important.
Automatic stuff has less meaning.
If someone likes everything, it also has no meaning.
If you can like and zap, you can attach different meaning to them, compared to the "traditional" system.
Also the problem with likes is, its easy to "create" them. Maybe we shall add proof of work to likes to show that we mean that like by mining it. Would be an interesting concept. Still it would be "free" to give, because you only pay your electricity. You don't have to use additional money, but it would have kind of a proof in it.
I'd zap you, but you're not lightning enabled🙅♀️
21 sat zap pls, that’s generational wealth right thurr
I think most people would choose the likes
Right! There must be some function of what a like is worth vs sats sum and number of zaps
Not trying to make anything so. Just curious what the msat value of a like it which prompted this question.
🤔9 hours ago… “Nothing excites me more than nostr and zaps ⚡️🐱”


I like both, i toggle #onlyzaps depending on how busy my feed is at any given time. I use it more as a noise reduction filter.
This thread is like a little psychology study. 😊
Interesting. I think comments>likes. And comments>zaps. With comments & zaps, likes are hollow dopamine. Let's do away with likes.
Or a toggle for possibility of receiving likes?
