If the definition of "popular" means literally "populated" and "number of people" then of course the answer is "NO" since there are so many bots, sybil accounts and farmers.  I don't think you can replace that quantity with real users as-is right now.

If by "popular" you mean "well-liked" then I think the answer is "YES" because while there would be fewer accounts, the satisfaction average would likely be higher WITHOUT the spam/bots/farmers.

degen was good for some individuals but overall bad for the quality of content on the network

tipcoins have been a very interesting experiment but i think it's clear the impact is net negative

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i don't mean any personal shade by it, but i checked your timeline, it's like 90% tipcoin-related, seems to corroborate my point

im glad people are building stuff and making money, i just see it as a drastic step down from the quality of the content we had here pre-degen, many people are now only on here husslin for a buck while it used to be a goldmine of engaging conversations and gigabrain informational content

not all bad but not great imho, tipcoins don't really create value, they just extract it similar to how an adspot extracts value by taking up space on a news article ... some people see it as monetizing unused space, i see it as a distraction that waters down the legitimacy of the publication

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