@davidw221
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189 sats \ 2 replies \ @davidw 14 May \ parent \ on: Only Cowboys Get Rewards: and other ideas meta
Not sure that being without a hat should be considered “low engagement”. People dip in and out of products all the time. We should be using the carrot not the stick.
Having rewards favour people with cowboy hats is maintaining the status quo. 80% of people up there already do.
We have to attract people who aren’t posting every day. I’m not saying for every day, but some days may help. Someone who gets an extra 9k sats for having a big day is way more likely to come back and aim to do the same again tomorrow. Rather than seeing an extra 900 sats, given the cowboys above them.
Would love to see people thinking how to grow this community, rather than serving our own interests. We can make this the biggest onramp to bitcoin, if we think more about encouraging new users to form healthy habits. And encourage more long-form content. That’s always been my wish. Otherwise we’re over-gamifying the experience.
I actually think the opposite. Would be good to see rewards specifically for non-cowboys some days.
Encourage the n00bs and change the incentives somewhat. I wouldn’t relinquish my hat for rewards but some might. And would mean others (who aren’t regular habitual hat-hoggers) have a shot at the daily top prize occasionally. Instead of seeing the same people hiding up there.
Might even work better than MSM for metrics.
The best thing to come out of today is the fuel and motivation this will provide to all those building FOSS models. A clear vision and compelling product, generating excitement.
OpenAI is like the pacemaker on track, they've not got the legs to last this marathon.
Thanks for sharing. I assume this was the link - https://nofrakkingconsensus.com/2011/03/29/the-horse-manure-problem/
Not sure why I didn't consider these conditions before. My goodness it's awesome we're around today, enjoying the Stacker Saloon of today and not during the poop-plaza days. Imagine slipping and sliding your way to the pub or to work. Always just a few steps away from disease, a frustrating faceplant or a humiliating hoof to the ribs.
Exactly. The idea of split-testing a button color is going to sound silly in a world when everything is recalled through an agent, either with no visual interface at all, or some refined interface (possibly 3D) personalised to our tastes.
It’s only a future where we run our own open-source AI locally will it optimise more profound learning, and deliver tailored education to our unique skills & preferences.
Any other approach where we use agents gated by tech conglomerates is a continuation of the prior decade and a barrier to us progressing properly.
This is a great assessment.
In short, the analog world was defined by scarcity, which meant distribution of scarce goods was the locus of power; the digital world is defined by abundance, which means discovery of what you actually want to see is the locus of power. The result is that consumers have access to anything, which is to say that nothing is special; everything has been flattened.
It seems to me that many people predicted via the internet that we would all become super intelligent with access to the worlds information at our fingertips. The flattening effect effectively increasing the amount of concepts and information to learn, but has led to a distinct lack of specialism and meaning. At least for the majority of folks today.
I expect or hope that will change with AI at our fingertips. But there is an argument to say this trend will only continue. I hope we’ll find many many more specialists, with the skills, tools and attention-span to go deep into new terrains. Otherwise our brains might as well be flattened like pancakes. Time to level-up and ‘go deep’ people.
Welcome & enjoy the sats! ⚡ You found the right place.
Look forward to discussing new FOSS privacy tech with you, for many blocks to come.
Solid start, for just a month under your belt. Congrats.
Don't stop being curious and investing time in your writing here. For many and myself included, the rewards are somewhat secondary and an inevitability for our PoW. Though seeing us all level-up our skills in real-time is what is truly special about stacking here.
Great to have more tools like this, just a shame it needs to incorporate a token.
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Thinking about Erik Vorhees...
Something tells me Erik still has so much to offer in Bitcoin. A pioneer, distracted by the casinos & tokens in prior years, it occurs to me he is maturing and is soon to find his calling. Clearly motivated to rebel and push-back against digital censorship. He has fallen victim of state legal action previously and so I think him and his team could really be successful in these coming years. Wouldn't surprise me to see him switch tracks again before this decade is up. These two interviews (maxraskin cointelegraph), show a lot about what he stands, even if a few years old. He's an intelligent and principled guy, and whilst I don't expect it, I just wonder if he'll recognise and switch tracks if his vision of the future may only be possible on Bitcoin.
Nice of you to notice.
Life has a way of balancing things out. June I expect you’ll see me much more active once more.
Can confirm my recharge station of choice is amongst the trees. Pretty special smelling not only the living eucalyptus & pine trees, but also those around in the countryside fuelling their homes & barbecues with fire wood. Like breathing history.
Agree, but the argument is that the idea of having one dataset and model for everything is not infinitely scalable. There are diminishing returns there. Perhaps the title of their video is a bit disingenuous.
They do mention that it is just 1 paper and that it’s a ‘wait and see’.
But it’s encouraging to hear someone without much of an incentive (besides creating clickbaity titles) arriving at a different conclusion to the mainstream narrative of an AI takeover.
Draw your own conclusions of course.
Amazing work.
I’m sure you already know with it being an alpha release - would be great to see a bit more responsive behaviour for mobile. Text is taking-off into space.
Do let the stackers know if you need any help on the project.
I probably should have made clearer that my own interpretation was that scarcity can create more scarcity, at least as a collective society. Due to our inability to deal with scarce resources at first, seeking an upper hand.
But there is then an inflection point that creates abundance. Once people are motivated to change and share the fruits of their labour with others.
Parker Lewis was the one that concluded scarcity in money creates abundance #376139
Attitudes changed quite quickly. Perhaps we will return to the mean again, at least for those that can afford to.
Just watch these clips from the 70s…
🇬🇧1973: https://x.com/DurhamWASP/status/1726614378823450694
🇦🇺 1976: