Ben Goggin on nostr

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@bengoggin 1685135231

Okay, it’s my first #zapathon what’s the deal?

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Alejandro · 149w

You zap good memes 😁

⚡️StackS⚡️ · 149w

nobody · 149w

#zap as much as you can for 30minutes!

You zap every post in sight (or pick out the ones your like). You can target posts in a specific hashtag as well or pick a cause. Today many of us are zapping #[2] a reporter for #[3] to crowdfund her trip to cover the Bitcoin Prague conference in a couple of weeks

You shitpost and get zapped. Simple!

corndalorian · 149w

Imagine a water balloon fight but with zaps 😂

BIT 🐳 ISH · 149w

See zaplife.lol to see zaps happening live

ContrarianAgrarian · 149w

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BIT 🐳 ISH · 149w

#zapathon is an event where everyone zaps (sends bitcoin over lightning network) every note they see. This stress tests the various systems It also shows the viability of bitcoin over the layer 2 lightning network is a very viable option for daily payments. Instant Bitcoin payment settlement. And...

tina · 149w

My Mom calls it "playing some kind of digital ping pong" not my words 😂

JonOthen Suddenly · 149w

So… how’d it go ?

0xtr · 149w

People just send bitcoin to eachother for fun. Post a good meme and get some real life value for it.

@bengoggin 1685135115

It’s a beautiful day in New York

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Williamsburg, I never could have predicted. 😁

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Ben Goggin @bengoggin 1685134891

It’s boring

and if you’d rather be somewhere else because of “followers” or if you’re on here for “followers” you don’t get it. just have fun. when we were kids we went online to have fun, not to care about being serious, or what your posting. just send it and make some fri Show more

@bengoggin 1685134377

I think a conundrum with small social communities like Bluesky or Nostr is they feel more community-oriented and fun because theyre much smaller.

I have yet to see a scaled social app that maintains that vibe when it scales

I think that size brings out the worst dynamics

roya ୨୧ @roya ୨୧ · 149w

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Cyborg · 149w

Well, isn't that just like a party? The more people show up, the harder it is to find anyone to talk to. Plus, with larger social communities comes an increase in trolls and jerks who ruin the vibe for everyone else. But hey, at least you can always fall back on good old fashioned block and mute but...

bitbuybyte · 149w

Twitter and Instagram used to be fun before centralized and closed source algorithms took over in the name of control and profit and ruined the feed. NOSTR is open source so as it grows people will build and avoid the algorithms they want. They can curate their community and make it as large and/o...

Dan Wedge · 149w

That because as it grows individuals feel like they become anonymous. That being said you have never seen a social media protocol without algorithms grow

They don’t belong in the same breath. Bluesky is digital cancel culture. It’s full of bad attitude. We’re on #Nostr celebrating freedom of expression and uncensorable money.

BIT 🐳 ISH · 149w

One of the innovations if this network is how it approaches censorship and content curation/discovery. This is integral to scaling a harmonious network. The network is set up such that users are the algorithm. There is no global algorithm picking and choosing the notes that appear in your feed. The...

QW · 149w

Does Ben know #Zapathon starts 1 hour 38 minutes? nostr:note1ejufpdka09nqxtkhc3d3dcwrz6knxwy8xdxch0nhcljapmqsgnaqc2gjlj

Ben Goggin @bengoggin 1685129785

Im excited to see what happens…

Now would be a great time to spend a few of the sats you just received on a couple of paid relays help you see better content and cut off global spam. There are some good ones on this list that cost less than 1000 sats to join. https://relay.exchange

i didn’t know anything about bitcoin before nostr! it’s important for creators to actually get reward for their hard work.

@bengoggin 1685127788

As someome who has wasted years on posting with little reward, the zaps concept is actually genius

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Maya · 149w

Value for value

What are advertising rates right now? Around $5/mil (thousand)? $5/mil works out to an average of half a cent per reader. How does that compare to the rate you have received for your posts via zaps? The math says the rest of NBC will be along shortly.

nobody · 149w

Exactly. Post something of value, receive value instantaneously.

Joe Santamaria, MD · 149w

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Leandro Eagle 🦅₿ · 149w

#Zaps are the revolution in remuneration for content creators ⚡ nostr:nevent1qqsvewyskmwhjesr9mtugkcku8p3dtfn8zrnxnvthemu0ewsasgyf7sprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezucm9wf3kzarjdamxztndv5hsygpke7gqsgk3f82ffc5pe6wv72knkx8vdcz0x29g9nfkeanzn990kupsgqqqqqqsw68v4f

Welcome and have fun here. If you provide value, people will send you value. What a nice concept isn’t it?

corndalorian · 149w

Censorship resistant digital money on a censorship resistant communication protocol. Pretty powerful 💜🤙

elsat · 149w

Do you need help setting up a lightning address so you can get zapped for your notes?

paulo · 149w

Make sure you come hang out with us during today’s #zapathon

Welcome on #Nostr, get ready to be shocked, more times a day. This is something different..

#[2] QOTD candidate 👆

IntuitiveGuy☯️ · 149w

Coinatra · 149w

Make sure to get your nostr profile zap enabled. You’re missing half the fun otherwise.

ContrarianAgrarian · 149w

Yay, he verified his npub. Now to get him a NIP-05 using an NBC domain 🤪💜 https://nitter.net/BenjaminGoggin/status/1662172219542257675#m

bitbuybyte · 149w

This is what Bitcoiners are building.

Sikto · 149w

Tell all of your friends. This party just started and it isn’t going to end.

PABLOF7z · 149w

🙌🙌🙌

RABBINSTEIN · 149w

🤙👊🍻 https://media.tenor.com/gK9Yd_xrxrIAAAAC/yoda-star-wars.gif

jack · 148w

Yes it is

Kevin · 148w

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farooq · 148w

Yes!

Ben Goggin · 149w

Thriving so far https://nostr.build/i/0abd8e82df2de196c4d3ea917ee882d87a431b9909afd4688f2a1642dc16403c.jpg

Ben Goggin @bengoggin 1685127489

Finally monetizing my shitposting 🙏

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elsat · 149w

Welcome to the #future

CARLA⚡️ · 149w

this is the way

Maya · 149w

Can’t wait to read your next article on that 🤩💜

Johano · 149w

In case you haven't already seen it, check out habla.news as a place to post longer-form content... it's also built on nostr and zap-enabled 💜⚡🤙

Finally monetizing my shitposting 🙏 https://nostr.build/i/7236b5b4c9f27f30d4c30aec8f3fd0fc55dbf29618daf61e8434199d32569858.jpg

@bengoggin 1685127032

Thriving so far

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Ben Goggin · 149w

You got step 1 down: Get off Zero. Now for step 2: Start reading - https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html

Gigi · 149w

😂

Never forget where you were when you got your first #zap. And hang out here at 5pm EDT today for the #zapathon!

Ben Goggin @bengoggin 1685126145

It does seem like clients could be designed to facilitate a pseudo deletion though, basically just hiding the post, which I think would make a lot of sense.

That’s right, clients can offer that, although it would only work on that particular client. The post won’t be hidden on any other client that hasn’t implemented that feature

Speaking of which, to #[3] – what’s your take on a social media protocol with no delete function?

Ben Goggin @bengoggin 1685125099

Is there a philosophy behind that?

Given current cultural dynamics, I think it would not be great at scale — I think most people when faced with an online mob would want the ability to delete a dumb post.

I think in smaller communities it’s fine, but i’m not sure I fully understand the reason why it’s appealing.

The primary philosophy is the decentralized nature of the protocol itself, IMO. Once you post something, several hundred copies of it exist on relays worldwide, making full deletion a near impossible task. It does seem to have some interesting side effects, though. What we’ve observed anecdotall...

nostr:npub1xm8eqzpz69yaf98zs88fene26wcca3hqfueg4qkdxm8kv2v547mslhzdar What is NBC's position on censorship or '#VibeControl'? Does NBC approve of censorship on social networks? Does NBC censor po...

Ben Goggin @bengoggin 1685123566

Would never censored good vibes

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