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I was thinking that last night, watching MNF. A bunch of really stupid political ads. I had not considered that the "upvote with sats" feature elides seamlessly into what are in effect "ads" for stuff I don't want to see. And since the amount to be paid is small, I can see that is a problem. Thanks for clarifying, I didn't know!
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There's also a tremendous amount of sats spent, burying opinions, that people want buried.
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Don't talk about The Greater Israel Project!
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The transaction costs here seem to have gotten fairly low. Sats are sent by clicking the lightning bolt link. And since most users have an attached bitcoin wallet (or use the built-in one), there isn't any further step than this.
Where we seem to have encountered the biggest challenge with using money as the moderator is that people are willing to spend surprisingly large amounts to put their opinions in front of others.
Since there truly is no other moderation here, outlier opinions that most of the community finds unpleasant or boring sometimes get quite a bit of visibility.