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487 sats \ 4 replies \ @optimism 16 Sep \ parent \ on: Reflecting a bit on The Zap Wars meta econ

But they're not mutually exclusive, and here's why:

downzaps are 100% circular.

So the ultimate recipient of even more encouraging zaps for good content than was possible before can be had the next day, when the boosts have been redistributed through downzaps into rewards.

To that end, I have the perfect solution: pay rewards in CCs 🤣 (I'm actually only half joking, but still not recommending this, to be clear.)

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213 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 16 Sep

I've also kicked around the CC rewards concept.

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171 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 16 Sep

I think it's a bad thing from a custody pov. Just like removing boosts is bad from a sybil pov. And removing downzaps is great... from a shamelessly self promoting scammer pov.

There are multiple hooks into the system as a whole and if your discussions (and my endless venting so I can cope with things) are proving anything, it is that balance is really, really hard to find.

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208 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 16 Sep

Since rewards are the mechanism for turning CCs into sats, we'd at least need to replace that with something.

Ultimately, I think it is better to make everything withdrawable sats that can be withdrawable sats and moving in the other direction is sort of scammy.

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233 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 16 Sep

From what I understand, the goal for SN is to move away from CCs as much as possible. So that's probably aligned with.

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