I do not disagree with you being able to say whatever you want. It’s important to publicly reiterate I’m not saying anything close to that.
I zap indiscriminately at times (like Sean appears to do) to promote the incentive model that I think is necessary to gain the critical mass necessary for a free speech platform to win. Forever. NOSTR needs to beat twitter at the incentive to get more journalists here and that doesn’t happen without zaps IMO so I’m sensitive to anything that discourages it.
I also value the quality of good pattern recognition in people looking out for NOSTR quality so if you’re seeing a pattern that seems disingenuous, time will tell and I’ll happily acknowledge your call out.
I appreciate your time and thoughtfulness here. You’ve made me think differently about my position on conviction so I’m very much grateful to you for the time and exchange.
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All good. I was saying we disagree in the sense of the discussion, not in my ability to say what I want.
I too would love Nostr to succeed, and that's why I join in these discussions. Zaps *could* be a good motivator, but I've yet to see it be more than a game people play for the most part. In the past we've seen $boost & buzzbot which were attempts to use zaps to create engagement, and they both lasted for a short while before fizzling out, without making a change to the landscape of Nostr.
I think it's not the zaps, but the incredibly small audience that is the reason more journalists and creators aren't here. It's a hard problem to solve, as they already have established audiences, and are already being payed on other platforms that they know how to use and are comfortable with. Convincing them to give up that audience & monetary incentive is a hard sell, especially when combined with having to give them the orange pill at the same time. Even adding in another social to the mix is tough, when Nostr is still so rough around the edges and different from the others, for such a small audience. The time spent learning might not seem worth it in their eyes, doubly so if there content isn't Bitcoin adjacent.