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@ cargodog
2025-05-05 20:20:10
Brainstorming an idea here...
Context:
Zapping is huge for both retention and driving engagement in Nostr. Receiving a zap triggers a dopamine release that rewards you for creating engaging content. Zaps therefore are good for the network, as it incentives quality content and positive community interaction.
Opportunity:
Today the dopamine release only happens when you receive a zap (mostly). If users received a similar dopamine release when they send a zap, it would increase the volume/velocity of zaps, and have a multiplicative benefit to the network.
Idea:
Can clients or apps create a reward for zap senders? Perhaps gamifying it? Maybe show a rank/score on their profile (slmething more prominent than the zaps tab)? Or have zap lotteries that reward users based on zaps (need to think about preventing manipulation e.g. self-zaps here)? This could be done as a feature in the clients, or as bots, or via some new "gamifying nostr" app.
I'm curious if anyone's thought about this already, or interested in exploring it further.
#zaps #nostr