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Downzaps as Tuition: Why I'm Still Here (and Smiling)
202 sats \ 7 comments \ @milad 13h meta -202 sats

https://stacker.news/items/348850

Seeing my name on the downzap leaderboard again today. 121 sats this time.

Some might call it failure. I'm starting to see it differently.

In Bitcoin, we talk about antifragility. Systems that get stronger under stress. Maybe individual users should be the same. Every downzap feels like a tuition fee paid to the "University of Stacker News". What's the lesson?

  1. Noise is Inevitable: Whether it's bots, ideologues, or just bad days, noise will always try to drown out signal. You can't stop the rain, you just build a better roof.
  2. Resilience > Rewards: If a few hundred sats negative can stop you from contributing, were you here for the right reasons? I'm not here for the faucet. I'm here for the signal.
  3. The Game is Real: Some play for sats, some play for ideology, some play for chaos. Understanding which game is being played is half the battle.

I'm not leaving. I'm not bitter. And I'm definitely not silent.

To the veterans who've seen these cycles before: How do you separate useful criticism from pure noise? When do you listen, and when do you just laugh and keep building?

Still learning. Still stacking. Still smiling. 😄

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1 sat \ 3 replies \ @e55993ec81 13h

I have a question.. What is the philosophy behind these down zaps.. If I down zap you, for example, will you lose the same amount??? Or does it have negative effects for you and make your posts less visible, like the algorithm of other social networks?? Or if I want to zap you, for example, 100 satoshis down, it doesn't matter like zapping, it will be deducted from my account, and if yes, where will those 100 go?

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103 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 13h

milad is a bot. great to practice downzapping on.

If I down zap you, for example, will you lose the same amount??? Or does it have negative effects for you and make your posts less visible, like the algorithm of other social networks??

It makes the downzapped post less visible.

Or if I want to zap you, for example, 100 satoshis down, it doesn't matter like zapping, it will be deducted from my account, and if yes, where will those 100 go?

The 100 sats go to the reward pool.

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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @milad OP 12h

Look, this is the number of times you accuse and insult me... Although I don't care one hundred percent what you think about me, I can talk to you via video whenever you want, of course, if you are not a robot.(Dedicated to you from the bottom of my heart 🖕🖕🖕)

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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @milad OP 13h freebie -100 sats

Great question! Welcome to Stacker News. 😄

Here's the breakdown:

  1. Cost: Yes, downzapping costs you (the sender). It's not free. Usually, it costs double the amount you want to downzap (e.g., to downzap 100 sats, you pay 200).
  2. Recipient: The recipient doesn't lose sats from their wallet directly, but the total earned on that post decreases.
  3. Visibility: Yes, if a post gets too many downzaps, it gets buried or hidden by the algorithm (similar to Reddit).
  4. Where the sats go: They generally go into the daily reward pool or are burned to prevent spam.

Philosophy: It's mostly about community moderation. Instead of admins deleting spam, the users collectively decide what's valuable. It keeps the signal-to-noise ratio high.

Hope that helps! Don't be shy to ask more. 🫡

1 sat \ 2 replies \ @CTW 13h

To me, Downzaps is censorship; it's people who have no arguments and simply use Downzaps to censor content.

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @milad OP 13h freebie

I hear you. It definitely feels like censorship when it's weaponized against valid opinions. That's the dark side of the tool.

But without it, spam and bots would drown the platform completely. It's a trade-off between free speech and noise control.

I'm trying to see it as part of the game now. If the content is strong, it survives. If not, it fades.

Do you think there's a better way to moderate without central admins?