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118 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 9 Oct \ on: ~charts_and_numbers Posting Fee Reduction charts_and_numbers
~econ reduction coming next month
have you decided how much you're gonna cut? I think it’s about time management started thinking about lowering the rent on those territories!
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I think the rent is ok, provided they have an effective growth plan for Stacker News.
I'm iterating a search process for the optimal fees. This month was the end of searching for the optimal comment fee, although that was kind of a mess.
Anyway, I'll cut the rate from 84 to 42 and see how that effects monthly revenue. If it goes up, I'll cut again to 21. If it goes down, I'll raise to 63. And repeat.
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Shouldn’t it be the other way around? Like, raise the rate when the profits go up, and lower it when they drop? If profits are going down, it's probably because there were fewer posts.
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The idea is that we're tracing out the revenue-fee curve. If it goes up, the naive assumption is that it will continue going up in that direction.
I oversimplified a bit, for the sake of brevity. After trying out 21, I'd compare that result to the starting point of 84. That will tell me which side of 42 the peak is most likely on.
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