Joshua Barretto on Nostr: I think designing secondary incentives for participation into systems and services is ...
I think designing secondary incentives for participation into systems and services is almost always an anti-pattern.
Mining for crypto. Gamified engagement metrics for Twitter. Karma for Reddit. Badges & stars for GitHub. Views & subs for YouTube.
That Mastodon doesn't really give you a reward for engaging (both on the level of users and instances) makes it extremely difficult for misaligned actors to exploit because there's very little to be gained in the first place.
Mining for crypto. Gamified engagement metrics for Twitter. Karma for Reddit. Badges & stars for GitHub. Views & subs for YouTube.
That Mastodon doesn't really give you a reward for engaging (both on the level of users and instances) makes it extremely difficult for misaligned actors to exploit because there's very little to be gained in the first place.