The scale should to be adjusted..
In general people are 5-20 more likely to hit the like button than reply, and 10-40 more likely to hit like than to branch. Generally speaking, if you look at general rations of posts from any platform.
Branching interesting info should cost more than a like. Makes people think twice about sharing valuable info vs non valuable info.
I would rather pay $0.01 per like and $0.05 to branch than the other way around.
I think there is a better balance in doing that
Coffee hasn’t kicked in yet, not sure if I delivered my message properly but you’ll get the gist of what I’m trying to say
Post by Blackbird Club
I agree that branching should cost more than liking.
Branching is using the post, potentially bringing engagement to the brancher's account, so it is right that it pays to do it.
Liking can be less expensive and users that want to give more can click several times or use /pay
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i like the click like multiple times argument. it is true. i've done it before myself, even with 5 cent likes. and when i see people using fb, they click like multiple times per post as well. it would need a nice animation, so that the one liking gets a nice feedback and wants to click more often.
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in my opinion it comes down to taste. does twetch do be used in a similar way as tiktok insta fb etc. or does it want to work against the zombification of social media users. i think the like button is a gamification element and as such should be handled with care, as not to become like those other addicitive platforms. but for increasing user metrics, sure, twetch could change to be more "successful".
correct me if i'm wrong but isn't there also an argument that twetch does not need mass adoption precisely because the micropayments support a small community platform and we don't need that growth factor to survive?
Good information and interactions are "addictive" in some way. The question for me is what kind of fruits the interactions create.
Today's platforms are incentivized to keep people engaged and collecting all the data they can about them because they need to be appealing advertisers and they have all kinds of ideas about power and "shaping the future". It's been the feasible model of web 2.0 so far. There is no hope in this model since it is bound to be a race to the bottom, where those who know better the weaknesses of their users win because they can extract more value from them.
Twetch can say no to this model and yet survive, maybe thrive - this is very new on the internet.
It does need much less users than the current incumbents, and less engagement from each user, but I think it reaches its full potential with millions of active users, billions of meaningful interactions.
Another interesting thing about Twetch is that the gaming aspect is straight financial, and can be tweaked at any time depending on the observed behavior.
So there can be a period of price discovery for the initial phase of Twetch, and then a constant self observation from the community and the team. Both are incentivized to create a better network, and maybe we will be able to keep it that way without Twetch ever needing to sell its soul or shut down again.
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at this stage in the game we want people coming back and staying around. the more likes they get the better..
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I think the shut down makes Twetch's history more meaningful and powerful. Now that it is back I am happy it happened that way.
If it was possible to build Twetch on another network they would have done so, they are smart entrepreneurs. But the fact that it was not possible and that because of that we were to be locked in web 2.0 makes a compelling argument for a network that allows for self-custody and micropayments, and how new incentives can be aligned with real opportunities.
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