I will not zap nor receive zaps. I stand on my own two feet and make my own path through life.

Not saying anything close to that, mate. Anyone saying that you shouldn’t speak if they can’t zap a certain amount is someone I wouldn’t associate with. Free speech is the most important thing here and anywhere for that matter. The reality is that zaps are what is going to bring more people here and encourage real journalism where compensation can be real. Discouraging zaps at all doesn’t feel like the winning take. Zaps are the incentive model here. It’s why we’re even having this debate. Zaps work so we’re here. On top of free speech, NOSTR is also a medium of exchange that needs to work and thrive. It works and thrives on zaps. Zaps are life blood here so dissuading zaps while putting someone down saying they’re only doing so to gain friends should have some more quality or a better counter behind such a claim. If Sean stops zapping (even if he really does need to buy friends) we all lose out on that valuable information. Let him send zaps and encourage zaps even if he loses them or doesn’t gain any friends. Don’t discourage zaps while putting him down for zapping though. That’s my position. It’s most certainty not to say pay for free speech. The original reply was to hopefully re-think putting someone down who’s saying they’re gonna zap a lot of people. Zaps are lifeblood here. If you are putting people down for sending them then back it up with something of higher quality replies than putting people down or at least put up more zaps than the person being put down who’s helping NOSTR the most. Sean is definitely helping NOSTR by sending shitloads of zaps more than discouraging Sean to send zaps is.

I've seen these tactics before, and I've seen the people come and go. I'm free to judge people by their actions, and free to say whatever I want about it. You seem to disagree, and that's fine. I'm simply stating my viewpoint. I actually consider this a strong signal of who not to follow or pay attention to. I'm here for the genuine connections, not zap games. Enjoy Nostr 🤙