Thread - Hyper

Honestly ever since I got on #nostr and have to revert to "liking" content on legacy social media I feel like I'm depriving these people of what's rightfully theirs. There is literally no value in a "like" and there is literal value in a zap. I can't unsee it.

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GJM 4 weeks ago

The reason I think likes are important is that nostr has no way of letting a content creator know that they have been seen in a neutral way. There are people I follow that say things that I don’t want to reward with a zap, but I want them to know that I have seen their content. Currently a like is the only way to communicate reach, and even then it is often not the right message to send.

Kontext 🛡️ 4 weeks ago

↩ replying to GJM

Fair enough, negative or neutral reactions could have a utility in that sense. But you could also leave a comment though?

GJM 4 weeks ago

↩ replying to Kontext

Here in lies the tricky nature of the comment as a response… I don’t know how the recipient will respond to my negative or disapproving comment. Without some sort of stable relationship to work from, saying nothing is the best response.