I was fairly active on r/bitcoin and someone posted a link to SN. I checked it out and found the conversations deeper and more interesting than Reddit. For a while, I was active on both, but r/bitcoin started getting authoritarian (they'd censor posts about shitcoins... I don't agree with censorship and I much prefer the no-censorship but get a lashing from Darth method of SN...)

It's a variety of things. Obviously, the mix of topics is right up my alley: bitcoin, economics, technology, libertarianism. But the quality of the engagement is also higher than most other places, afaict

I usually post when I think I have something interesting to share. If it's a longer thought piece, I make a post. If it's a short snippet of a thought, I tend to post in Saloon.

Getting zapped for a post is definitely nice, and so is getting engagement. Zaps and engagement are what drives continued participation, imo.