If you’re of a certain age (really old) National Lampoon’s Animal House was probably one of the funniest movies you ever saw. I was thinking about my Stacker News territories recently, and this scene came to mind:

I have been struggling with ways to grow my territories. For ~bitcoin_beginners, I decided early on to give away sats for the best posts weekly, give those posts some exposure, and attach it to a newsletter that contains helpful resources to those first learning about bitcoin.

The results:

Not good. My ~Politics_And_Law territory, which I have basically ignored and allowed to develop on its own, consistently beats my beginners territory. This is not all about bitcoins and sats. (100 sats to the stacker who precisely pinpoints the Godfather reference) Engagement, content, and quantity are all usually better in ~Politics_And_Law. I know there are other reasons at play here, and I didn’t start these territories to become a sats king, but still. It’s a little frustrating.

Therefore, I have decided to go with what has never worked in the past, and quadruple down on my poor business decision. I will now award 1000 sats weekly to the top post in the following territories, and 250 sats each to the remaining posts in the top five:

~bitcoin_beginners ~BooksAndArticles ~Animal_World ~Politics_And_Law

Details about when the new policy will start will be posted in each territory.