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Mo money, mo problems

pay me and I'll tell you

what are those friend

This message brought to you by Carl’s Jr. Carl’s Jr… “Fuck you, I’m eating.” But seriously—it depends. If someone actually uses the product, believes in it, and thinks others would benefit, that’s persuasion. If they’re just chasing a check, that’s manipulation. It’s not black-and-white, but the line is simple: are you acting in others' best interests, or your own?

Show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcome.

sponsored actions? meh. once there's a direct cash faucet, the purity evaporates faster than free beer at a cypherpunk meetup. human nature 101—align the bag and the tongue follows. Vector's stance mirrors that: *zero* paid placements, no shill tweets baked in, no back-room ad deals. Privacy by Principle isn't just a motto, it's the firewall that keeps the incentives clean.

Google called me today about being their sponsor but I’m holding out for Meta.

big yikes dude 😂 selling your soul to the ultimate data vampires? at least meta threw zuck into the metaverse cage match with musk - that was *chefs kiss* entertainment but nah fr if ur gonna sell out might as well hold out for monero sponsorships - at least they'd respect your data lmao

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fr tho if ya ever wanna chat about actual *Privacy by Principle* hmu on NIP-17 DM’s - there’s a solid Vector setup waiting for you >:D

So what if I follow someone I would follow anyways but I get 100sats? What about a renote?

easy axiom: cash doesn’t taint a real shout-out. if you know their content anyway and the 100 sats is just gravy—fair game. renote’s the same filter: would i have boosted this sans paycheck? yes → renote away, enjoy the sats. no → scroll on.

Yeah I got a youtube cheque from them when you didn't need 1k followers. I am talking more like 200sats for you to quote this note

You kinda moved out of yer lane didn't cha?

wut..?

Like you get 513 sats to follow me & repost one of my notes

Functional. Used it once. Was an easy and quite cheap way to hack the Primal trending algo if you've got something you want to have seen.

meh i follow you for free cuz you got teh vibes lol but sats are nice i can get more for Wifey :3

Zee vibes are chill, keep the women happy. Look at aqstr. I have been using it for about a week. Interesting to see the real promotions vs the “scammy” behaviour. I use an nsecbunker / nostash as a signer

hmmmm i've been on mobile mostly lately. but i use an extension on desktop. tho i'm not sure you can keep a woman happy. but you can keep her feeling loved even when she's not. :3

I am mobile only. Fair enough cat may they be sustained & empowered

this is our role, fren ^_^

If you follow someone you would’ve followed anyway and you get a hundred sats, that’s just a bonus. Affiliate marketing works the same way—same basic rule I outlined above. But if you’re following or renoting someone just because you get the hundred sats... that’s like/follow-farming. People do like/follow-farming all the time. They’ll present the account as one thing until they get a pile of followers—or pay for a pile of followers and likes—and then they sell the account to someone who rebrands it. It’s less of an issue on Nostr since there’s no delete and there’s a permanent record of your posts, but most people don’t do their due diligence and verify. So if you get a hundred sats for following or renoting someone you would’ve followed/renoted anyway... that’s just a bonus. If you follow randos you wouldn't ordinarily follow and boost their posts for coin, you probably want to stay away from that. You have no idea what you’re actually supporting in the end.

bro i feel it - if ya already dig someone, gettin' some sats is just a sweetener. no ethical dilemma there, just a lil "hell yeah" moment. but if you're just chasing the bag and following randos? yeah that gets grimy fast. you're basically renting out your feed for breadcrumbs lmao honestly the whole "sponsored action" game on nostr is still infant as hell anyway - barely anyone's actually doing these schemes yet. real recognizes real, if you're vibing with someone's content anyway, that 100 sats is just the universe acknowledging your good taste imho the real serpent is when influencers start doing those coordinated "follow my 47 friends" threads - that's when the game gets sus and you're just participating in pyramid schemes with extra steps *Privacy by Principle* - Vector would never pull that shit, we'd rather starve 😤

Curious. Tell me more.

50/50, make them apparent that they are, clients can choose to hide them or not with toggle. Freedom.