He’s totally right. What’s with all this stinginess and speculation? Zap at today’s value.
Speculation has so many flaws, that’s why it’s called speculation. First problem: you or the person you’re zapping could die tomorrow. What happens to the concept of hodling then? Who benefits from that? Yeah, exactly, you’re left standing there looking stupid.
You’re not really speculating on Bitcoin’s future value. You’re betting that you will even live long enough to see those good days. That’s BS. The only thing certain in life is death, and the uncertain thing is when it’s coming.
Unlike some of the greedy ******** around here, at least my record looks good. I’ve zapped more than two and a half times what I’ve received. Not like those who make millions here and give back maybe a thousand. You know who I’m talking about.
Still, I should zap even more.
How about this: we top up our Lightning wallets with fifty bucks every month and actually spend it? Or throw 5 to 10 % of your monthly stack into the zap wallet. Imagine if everyone did that. Boom, we’d have a real independent, circular value-for-value economy here. It would motivate people to create amazing content, which in turn would pull in outsiders to Nostr like a magnet. That’s how you get the real mass adoption everyone keeps dreaming about.
Fifty bucks a month for social media that doesn’t analyze you, track you, spy on you, or manipulate you ... and even helps you grow as a person. That’s basically one Netflix and one sports streaming subscription. Too much? Fine, make it forty or thirty.
And you “Zapvertisers” with your tiny single-digit Sat campaigns ... next time I’m muting you. Make your campaigns cost at least $200 to $300 for a hundred to five hundred recipients. Remember the term “banner blindness”? Yeah, it’s turned into “mini-zap ad blindness” here. People don’t even bother reading what’s written in the zap comment anymore.
Seriously, we need to rethink our habits. Let’s turn Nostr into a real community project.