@dwr.eth The phenomenon you’re referring to is commonly associated with Cognitive Dissonance Theory and, more specifically, the Insufficient Justification Effect in psychology. This concept suggests that when a reward is too small, it can lead to a counterintuitive effect: people might reduce their intrinsic motivation or even devalue the activity or behavior they were rewarded for, because the reward feels insufficient to justify their actions. Key Study: Festinger & Carlsmith (1959)

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I was commenting on something similar at a meal, about rewards that demotivate, it is better to offer another type of stimulus such as an NFT or in the worst case, better not to reward it 😎🎩