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53 sats \ 15 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 18 Oct \ parent \ on: Zapping More Might Solve Our Leader Board Wizard Issue meta
That would probably be the ideal attitude, but the existence of rewards will attract people who only want the rewards.
I take zaps to be the measure of how much people appreciate what you said and rewards as the measure of how much you helped SN.
will attract people who only want the rewards.
Opportunists that will never have anything good to say. Just assmilkers.
People should come to SN to learn more about Bitcoin and zap the answers they found helpful (wisely).
For me even 1 sat as 1 upvote worth enough for my post. That means the reader comprehend what I said. If they really want to reward me with more sats, so be it, but do it separately.
As I said here #722919: upvotes should be separated from zaps (sats).
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Number of upvotes are counted separately from sats zapped and they're given more weight, but both count. That seems right to me.
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This is where SN algo is wrong. It should not be like that.
One day will come a whale and zap randomly posts no matter what will be said in those posts. It could be even weird posts, porn or whatever bullshit.
And stackers will ask why those posts are on top, when should not be.
I myself I found some of my old posts zapped with a lot of sats, even that were not worth it. Some anon is doing that few time per month.
You have been warned.
I stand my ground: zaps must be separated from upvotes algo.
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Money playing a role in content discovery is why I am here.
The whole internet has been likes, seniority, censorship, and nepotism because there never was a way to make people put some skin in the game.
It's exciting to see what can happen when money is tied very closely to the rating mechanism to determine what rises to the top.
Can it be gamed? Sure. Costco can sell $1.50 hotdogs at a loss, too. But the question is will this be better than the other ways of doing it. We're finding out zap by zap.
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I don't think so. A stacker like that would have a low trust score, so their zapping wouldn't move the needle much on posts. Also, zap size is counted logarithmically, so it becomes very expensive to elevate content as a single zapper.
A handful of downzappers could take down such a whale.
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Do not underestimate them... there are many here with multiple accounts, playing around.
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That is a potential problem. I think it matters whether their multiple accounts have high global trust, though.
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I would guess this is why discernment is so important.
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