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Thought about the top boost demand-response theory. It would be a great way to maximize territory revenue to have scammer sats try to outbid honest boosts.

Morally, I think the downzap is better - because do we really want to make money off scammers trying to get victims?

I was pondering something else: Do downzaps go 70/30 to territory and rewards like fees? Would be better if these go 100% to rewards IMHO, because 70% is a huge incentive for territory owners to encourage crap content.

200 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 20 Aug

In the case of downzaps versus boosts, it seems that erring on the side of allowing visibility is better than erring the other way.

What I mean is: it's better to allow a scammer to boost and get visibility, than it is to allow a strong downzapper to hide content.

Reason: the tool we use to banish scammers can also be used by scammers to banish valuable content they don't want others to see.

Imagine a scenario where someone posts about a flaw in a project or bad behavior, if the owner of the project can banish such a post by heavily downzapping.

Don't we run greater risk to the community by allowing a strong power to hide information than we do by allowing a strong power to boost information?

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This only works with brigades. So having an unpopular opinion against a mob of fanbois with high trust score will mess you up. But nothing prevents you from posting again? But what's the point if there is a non-receptive majority?

Information wins, just boosts don't?

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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 20 Aug

Downzaps go 70/30 to territory revenue/rewards.

There's no incentive to downzap currently, so I don't think it's likely to be pathological. We have plans to incentivize them which might require a rethink.

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202 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 20 Aug

If they would go 100% to rewards, it may already carry better incentive?

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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 20 Aug

Good point!

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