For the user who wishes to conserve their sats and still send their regards, reacts are tool for them. Just like an interaction in person, you don't give someone a dollar for making you smile. The reaction is by itself the reward.
quotingI hope someday reposts and zaps completely replace the need for “likes”/🤙🏼.
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Reposts and zaps are true value exchange…and have a real cost: your reputation or money.
Likes are superficial and exist only to inform an algorithm.
Relevance algorithms have their place, but they are best informed by a truly costly action.