What would zapscribing look like from a UI/UX point of view? One of the challenges I run into with accounts like Flash is that they post so often that I have to unfollow them to bring sanity to my feed. So even if they’re posting interesting info, I don’t have tools in my app to manage how that info is delivered in my feed. It’s all or nothing, and with an account that posts a lot I default to choosing “nothing” just for my own sanity.

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Just brainstorming out loud. Subscriptions of some sort would be awesome. Whether that includes bonus content or just an automatic payment every month. You don’t have to follow flash to get value from him. A lot of news posts don’t necessarily feel zappable, but it’s obviously valuable. And yes, You have the tools to make a news feed with accounts like flash or war monitor without following them using primal. You know this 🧐
This is where support for browsing specific relays comes in handy (like Jumble). If this was a widely supported thing across apps, someone like Flash could run their own relay (fee to read if desired) and could curate news items to it. This keeps peoples "main feed" clean, but still allows access to a stream of news items when they desire. View quoted note →