mplorentz on Nostr: That’s an interesting take. To me they are cheap but not meaningless. They are the ...

That’s an interesting take. To me they are cheap but not meaningless. They are the lightest weight signal that something has value. Given that 90% of people don’t write and just read on social media, it’s a good type of interaction to have imo.

Now if you have all the posts in the world in one database and one algorithm that pushes the most liked posts on everyone that’s a different story. If you get addicted to the dopamine hit of people liking your posts that’s also an issue. But the reason we get a dopamine hit is because your peers sending you social signals that your words are valuable is an incredibly important part of being human.