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Well, my biggest fear for SN is that as the platform gets more popular and as Bitcoin gets more valuable, is that it will attract more and more mercenary users who are here to make a sat, and not to engage with meaningful content.
I've often argued that the rewards being obtuse is a virtue, because the heuristic of "Earn rewards for doing pro-social stuff" is what we want people to adopt.
Good systems lead bad people to do good things.
Good systems lead bad people to do good things.
You should get that for your tramp stamp.
You don't know that I haven't
Thanks, I need mental bleach now.
being obtuse is a virtue
Very true from my experience as a teacher. Make the rules too clear and you get exploitative behavior. Inject a little uncertainty, and people try to behave generally good.
Good systems lead bad people to do good things
Not always, but yes, it's true.
I used to be one of those high-earners and I for sure endorse the view. Post well, comment well, zap well. Be generally decent. Rewards have followed consistently over the years.
The bickering about rewards is so pervasive that it's actually prompted a philosophical re-orientation a bit. We've seen, repeatedly (and you have repeatedly demonstrated in posts) that effortful content and generosity pays off. And we've seen, pervasively, people grumbling about it who generally aren't living into that simple lesson.
Sometimes untangling cause and effect is pretty complicated, but this doesn't seem like one of those times.