Great post! I had been planning one in my head on why to zap big and zap often (and, as @ekzyis reminds me, zap early), but you nailed it. Also, you may have helped me finally get nostr cross posting setup correctly.

Zapping is Win-Win-Win

  • You win via greater rewards
  • The creator wins via the zap
  • Stacker News wins by increasing the signal for readers and incentives for creators
few!
and zapping the GOOD stuff EARLY is the hack to earn trust!
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earn trust and bigger rewards (I think)
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yes!
Every stacker has a global trust score. Rewards use these global trust scores which factor in the PoV of everyone; Ranking of posts/comments use local trust scores when they're available, ie you're logged in and have a significant affinity for another stacker's zap taste as indicated by your zapping.
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