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"I apppreciate the clarification from the source. When I say 'dry up,' I’m mainly looking at the marginal utility of participation.
My skepticism comes from the fact that in almost every 'Value-for-Value' expeeeriment, there’s this honeymoon phase driven by early-adopter altruism. But as any platform scales, the 'noise' usually grows faster than the 'value.' If the cost to filter that noise (the sats needed to boost or zap) starts to outweigh the actual reward, rational people eveentually drift away.
I’d call it 'Incentive Fatigue.' We've seeen it happen in Web2 with attention, and I’m curious if sats can actually solve the human eleement here. I’m not saying SN is doomed—I’m just questioning if the current eequilibrium can survive a 100x increease in the user base without it becoming a 'pay-to-play' environment where only the whales' voices matter."
I’m just questioning if the current eequilibrium can survive a 100x increease in the user base without it becoming a 'pay-to-play' environment where only the whales' voices matter."
That's what we're here to find out and we are all trying to enjoy the ride while we do. If you need evidence of how the future will unfold, I can't provide that to you.
I think this is AI. Em-dashes give it away
I think he refers to "automated" in the sense thatt some users are zapping a certain amount all the time for whatever reply.
No zaps here are automated as far as I know - certainly we, SN, aren't automating them. Also we have and would never report fake zaps.
It's certainly an experiment and digital. It's also somewhat altruistic, but there are rational reasons to zap: to encourage more of the content that you value.
What is there to dry up? Like humans stop behaving the way they currently are? What data-driven proof do you have for that?