102 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei 19 Sep \ on: The Mental Transaction Costs of Zaps bitcoin
Personally witnessing how the bolt changes colour when I zap more sats yields such a dopamine rush that I don’t feel much pain related to giving sats away. Haha. I think my payments are worth it!
They are worth their value in sats, but also worth the trouble it takes to decide to actually do the zapping (how much, which posts, how much will be left in your wallet, etc). The second part is what is do interesting to me.
Something about how SN works make that decision very easy, even though in most circumstances, dealing with trivial sums of money is annoying. Of course, SN is not always trivial sums, but it's not hard to believe that 10 sats will remain a mostly trivial sum for the foreseeable future.
Is it the color-changing lightning bolt (and other smooth design decisions) or is it the social interaction? Or something else?
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Probably a combination of myriad factors. Sometimes I zap more because the Stacker has written such a thorough and wonderful comment that my usual 24 sats doesn’t cut it. Other times, the Stacker may have written something short and sweet but it resonates with me so much that I want to zap more. I think the universality is that SN makes me happy to zap quality inputs
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