So, if I say "Hey, I made art, pay me money if you like it." It's not that you're wrong, it's that you come off as desperate. You don't need to tell people to pay you if they want to do it.
I don't personally care if you come off as desperate, I was just acknowledging how that sounds.
As far as "likes" go reactions are a way of gauging what the passive observer feels when seeing your post. Not useless, but simple information. It isn't a substitute for a zap or quote but I don't think it claimed to be.
Anyway, hopefully this was just as nuanced and thoughtful.
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Disagree on likes, but I’m not expecting to change your mind on that.
For your other points, you are still reading into my intentions more than you should. Not my problem. You think I’m “desperate” as if I’m begging for zaps. I’m making memes and giving commentary on the topic of zaps. I’ll continue doing so because it’s an important topic. I don’t care that you and some others misinterpret and put words in my mouth.
And yes, if you make art and decided to sell it and ask for money, that is actually perfectly normal. If you decide instead to post it online in a value4value approach, then yes you absolutely should encourage people to zap/tip you if they like it. Why wouldn’t you? Why would you pretend that you are not interested in monetizing your art if you actually are? That is inauthentic and pathetic. Be proud enough of what you create to expect value in return for it.
You're correct. Likes are not "worthless".
Corndalorian needs to think about this with a mathematical proof level of rigor. Anything less is intellectual dishonest and posturing for the sake of virtue signaling to peers.
Likes have value. It can be used to signal that content has been witnessed or it can be used to signal that an incoming reply is non-adversarial.
