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Likes are for algorithms. Zaps are for humans.

Do you tip everyone you meet in real life or do you occasionally smile or laugh or thank them? Is a smile, laugh, or an expression of thanks entirely devoid of all value IRL? I think this is an elitist perspective in multiple ways. I bet people who don't zap because they are poor wish they weren't poor. I am someone who can't zap right now because I lack technical savvy to deal with issues that arise. In September I couldn't zap because I had to resync my node. Apparently I didn't have to resync it though but I'm too much of a noob. Now I'm dealing with an electrical problem. Again, too much of a noob to work around this. At this point it's going to be easiest to just wait until I can get everything set up in a semi-permanent way. Changing shit all the time would require way more technical savvy than I and many others here possess. I'm not technically nimble enough to just spin up a temporary solution and people are self-interested, shitty communicators which means people are also shitty teachers. I would like to become more technically proficient but frankly, I don't even know where to start. You have to understand that we, the people who haven't already allocated 20 years to becoming shadowy super coders, may share values with those who have and, as such, we congregate here in this place. Pretty much anything that has to do with Bitcoin, for a tech noob, is anxiety inducing because this is money and FAFO. They'd rather FO by seeing the light rather than FO by getting burned by the fire. It's not like the lights are obvious. Who do you trust? That takes time to figure out and usually even more due diligence. People of all ability ranges congregate at gyms. I don't think gyms that are full of negative, judgmental people attract a lot of new members who are interested in self improvement though. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar. It would be better if the people with tech savvy set up some kind of bot to post on NOSTR about how they can offer noobs help in getting set up, say, using HiveTalk or whatever, by appointment. Now you're actually enabling people instead of shaming them for not knowing what steps to take to correct their ignorance. #OnlyZaps is elitist and toxic. Bitcoin is for everyone. NOSTR is for everyone. The knowledge of how to use Bitcoin and NOSTR adeptly is as unevenly distributed as Bitcoin and NOSTR key pairs themselves. To expect otherwise is absurd and myopic of nuance in the demographic splits of both Bitcoiners and Nostriches. Gonna disagree on this one, and although you may not value it, I'm going to like your post, but not zap it because I literally don't know how to with my node down at the moment for one, and for two, because, on principle, I'm never going to zap a single #OnlyZaps post. Love and respect to you, brother. 🙏