Yeah, ideally anyone who wants to game the system and does so successfully will find out at some point that it's not worth it for the time and effort you need to spend to game it. In that case, your time would be better spent on SN when you _don't_ game the system. I think the algorithm doesn't have to be more resistent to gaming than that.

This makes the "security" of the algorithm depended on potential rewards though; a bit like how bitcoin security depends on fees miners can earn except the security goes down when rewards rise, lol.

alter_native

Do I Zap TOP content early, or zap my favorites?

DesertDave

Zapping just to try to climb the leaderboard probably won't lead to a great SN experience for you or others but there is nothing wrong with trying to get a few more sats rewards by trying to zap top content early. Top content is usually zap worthy content but I think that shouldn't be the only zap strategy. You should ultimately zap what you like and feel is deserving. 