The larger social graph of other platforms doesn't translate to engagement for most. The larger social graph is valuable for browsing diversity, which can be recreated with a front page and APIs, thus the rush by platforms to build walls and capture third-party traffic.

Bitcoin is the hardest money on earth, and its directional trend is a one way street. Zaps are not airdrops. Zaps are not a gimmick to convert users. They're a tool for transparency. Entertaining as hell. An investment. They're a tool content creators will use to break the blockade of de-platforming, de-monetization, and ai pre-upload scanning that leverages licensing databases, language guidelines, expression algos, and other censorship flavors of the day pushed by the Party in power. Your call sign nullcount@Stacker.News is also a free LNURL wallet that's interoperable with the LN beyond the platform. Those FOSS themes "interoperable", "transparent", "composable", etc, are really starting to take off with the LN, as are LN self/hybrid-custody solutions that speak the language of the masses: tap, swipe, click. All this shit is so new though, Zaps is what, like 5 months old? Apple identified the threat and was quick to censor. SN itself has only existed in the keyframe of a bear market. I think horn gore and the flattening confidence curve of the LN and bitcoin at large will unleash holy hell. Bitcoin micropayments a gimmick? Seriously?

I meant that people post content for free anyway. Like on these other platforms you mentioned.

You can just post a link here and start earning sats is all I wanted to say.