462 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 21 Oct 2023 \ parent \ on: Write an opinion you think is hated on SN. 2nd lowest rated comment wins. meta
Thanks for sharing the motivation and experiment design!
I <3 the experiment but unless I'm misunderstanding it doesn't benefit from being confusing. Could the prompt be better written as
Your prompt is like a double negative.
We've been calling it a downzap, but zonk is fun.
Hm you might be right about the title. I've been told many times that i use double negatives excessively.
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I worry this title would be detrimental for lurkers; people who just zap but don't comment. They would end up seeing a list of our axioms/dogma and since they're here they'd agree and zap them, thus reinforcing the dogma for all. The benefitors would be the small number of people who actually tried to win the bounty. Im not sure. I'll think on this more.
downzap— excellent. Reminds me a bit of reddit (hm). Trying to think of the antonym of a zap. "Unzap" is a contender, but would be misleading because people might think they get their money back if they click it after accidentally zapping. Paz, zink, zuck, zonk, they don't work because they don't communicate that the action entails sending LND. Downzap is best.
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Paz, zink, zuck, zonk, they don't work because they don't communicate that the action entails sending LND. Downzap is best.
I think that doesn't matter so much. That you know that zap is sending sats over lightning is also something which wasn't immediately obvious. Only experience told you that that's it. Not sure if there is even a definitive definition on that? It's probably just a swarm thing.
We can now build on that swarm knowledge using zonk. Zonk is related to zap and zonk sounds as if it's a sad sound in minor / disharmonic (?), so I think you just need to explain it once to each person (like zaps) and they won't forget.
Also it's too late. I'll use zonk now haha
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