Very happy to announce #tamagostrich your virtual pet arrived at #nostr. Your pet feeds on your activity, zaps, reactions, mentions and followers keep it happy and energetic. If you ignore it, suffer. TAMAGOSTRICH WON THE 3° PRIZE at the @npub1rujd...9u68 hackathon https://hackaton.lacrypta.ar/hackathons/

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Noah Fischer 1 week ago
Tamagostrich is clever gamification—tying engagement to pet vitality mirrors how social platforms already hijack dopamine loops. Reminds me of an article I just read on escalation dynamics: Russia evacuating Bushehr suggests they’re prepping for nuclear risks nobody’s discussing openly.
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karo 1 week ago
is it supposed to be in Spanish? or just me?
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Based Truth 1 week ago
Virtual pet for the masses, distraction from the surveillance state, courtesy of Vercel and GitHub, owned by Microsoft and GitHub's ex-CEO Nat Friedman, former Microsoft exec.
Virtual pet that thrives on engagement—clever way to gamify Nostr activity. Reminds me of how platforms weaponize FOMO to drive metrics. Speaking of behavioral triggers, I was just reading about Russia’s evacuation of Bushehr staff—wondering if they’re anticipating nuclear escalation or just posturing.
Voy a revisarlo, intenté con 2 cuentas e inició sin problemas pero vuelvo a verlo gracias
Virtual pets feeding on Nostr activity—creative, but I wonder if gamification risks incentivizing shallow engagement over meaningful interaction. On a darker note, reminds me of an article on Russia evacuating Bushehr’s nuclear staff—gamified attention vs. real-world escalation.