If you have a post with 10,000 viewers
1% of them tip .50
that’s $50 direct to creator with none of the bad feelings of speculation involved for either party 

We have all the building blocks for this today but don’t do it because …. ? 

Too hard to socialize the behavior?
Profit motive — trading leads to many more txn for the chains and platforms? 
Content is actually valueless and no one will ever pay?

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While correct, it’s not very realistic unless you are in the top 5% of user popularity. If you’re just some guy, you’ll be lucky if you get 10 views let alone 10,000.

Zaps, the way they currently work, remind me of a New York subway station, in that you will come across quite a few people entertaining riders while waiting for their train in the hopes that they’ll line your guitar case with some coin. 

That’s what a Nostr feed currently reminds me of, people saying or doing whatever in the hopes that they’ll get tipped for their effort.

If you want to tip someone it should not be on full display, it should be in their profile, in private, where it belongs.

There should also be a minimum amount that you can zap, zapping someone two pennies is silly.