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2026-09-21 03:40:28 UTC

Ava on Nostr: This is an old argument. Years ago, some people were pushing the idea that likes were ...

This is an old argument. Years ago, some people were pushing the idea that likes were meaningless because they were free, and that clients should basically be zap-only.

I think the power of choice wins.

An emoji response and a zap can mean different things.

If you want every interaction with your posts to be transactional, build that client and use it.

Like it, reply, repost, zap—or do nothing.

How people interact with your content should be up to them.
A like costs nothing, so it means nothing. A zap costs sats, and suddenly you know someone actually meant it.