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Before we begin: zap this post with:
  • 2 sats IF YOU AGREE
  • more than 2 sats IF YOU DISAGREE
  • if you do not zap, your opinion doesn't matter.
  • anons are ignored, they are not cowboys

Offtopic (or maybe ontopic idk) @k00b why we do not have an option to add to each post where OP can say: "If you want to comment on this post, zap it with this minimum amount of sats. If not, you are not able to comment." - something like @justin_shocknet lightning.video have for each video.
In this way, no more assmilkers AI comments, no more haters or make the haters pay. Also could improve a bit the algo for reputation.
Optional, not enforced for every post. At OP discretion and let the OP also to set the amount for comment but also for downzap. Make downzap great again.
I will have another meta post about this matter... and others.

OK back to topic now: SNL - Stacker News Live podcast / show / whatever you call it.
@Car @k00b @plebpoet and all other participants in SNL: please do not take this post as FUD, hate, or just say "Darth is always an asshole..." This is a serious critique with the intentions to make SNL better. You know me, I am that guy that will always say what others do not dare to say or they do not care.
OK so now that I finished the season of building a "citadel" I have more time and I reviewed the latest 10 episodes of SNL. Just for fun and observing. I like to observe things that others ignore or do not pay attention to details.
I was tested some years ago by a psychologist and they said that "I am a very good observer" - no joke
This critique is to make SNL more friendly to those that are still not full stackers / cowboys and don't know what is about. A lot of SN stories happen INSIDE SN and many outsiders have no clue what is about. If you want to bring more people to be cowboys, you must make SNL a great show, that everybody love and enjoy, make them click on the stacker.news link and post a damn fucking good joke or post.

My constructive critique of SNL:

  1. Guys, make it more fun!
You slowly became quite boring and grumpy, is like for you is a duty to read all those shitposts on SN. Yes most of the posts are boring, but you can do it more fun, joke around.
  1. You are news anchors, not sports commenters !
Be impartial, just present FACTS, don't comment on the "stackers news". Yes, I know is your own show and you can do whatever you want, but if you still act like "FOX News or MSNBC News", taking sides etc you are going to lose audience. I know that SNL is like "I don't give a shit, nobody is watching it" but sometimes also outsiders will watch. For a cowboy stacker is easy to understand all you say but for outsiders is really hard. I've test it, seriously, on a clueless fucking normie friend. He understand jack shit from SNL.
  1. Car is always asking k00b about every fucking post!
Car, please don't kill that man! He's a poor very busy dev that I don't know how he have time to even read 2 posts per week on SN.... When I see Car asking k00b: "hey Keyan , what do you think about this post? " I see k00b like the "huh cat":
He's like in 1 second waking up and trying to remember if he read or not that post or what is about. Poor man, obviously you can see that he have no idea and he is caught in the middle. I do not want to be in his skin...
I think you can use also Tofu for more technical stuff, I saw that he's quite well informed about most of the SN posts, especially the technical ones.
Man, find somebody that could make a TLDR of all top posts (please do not use shitGPT, use a human brain), objectively, few sentences and you could just read the review on a prompt.
Then later if you really want it, ask k00b about his opinion on all that crap, making it like a fun dialog. Don't bother poor man with complicated questions... he have enough on his plate.
My suggestion for this point:
  • @plebpoet can do the whole review script and also use it for her SNZ
  • Car literally can just read the coming SNZ live
  • make the review as an objective / impartial news presenter
  • in the SNZ you can just print the review and a short excerpt and a QR to read the whole story on SN.
  • make the SNZ like a "Wired magazine" but better :)
  • SNZ > SNL - aka SNL is just reading the script from SNZ
  1. Add a "Memes section" in SNL!
Ah damn it, are so many good memes on SN posted every day, in saloon or any other comments and are ignored totally in SNL. Guys, memes are life and life is a meme !
You should have a section of commenting all the memes in the "Monday meme contest" and also in the daily saloon. I know that Car and k00b do not frequent so much SN saloon but sometimes the best discussions happen there. Make also a section of "weekly best saloon issue" or something like that. MAKE SN SALOON POPULAR TO ALL OUTSIDERS! SN saloon is really underrated and you guys should be more present there. I know k00b is trying sometimes, but is not enough.
@ek - you are a funny guy (even that you are crazy) I know you have a good sense of humor. Your memes are great, even that are trying to kick me in my balls :) I don't mind, you know I have very thick skin and I like jokes.

Thank you for your attention in this matter Remember: zap 2 sats if you agree, zap more sats if you disagree.
More than 1400 sats zapped to this shitpost... LOL stackers are really retarded and still do not get what was the point of it. I just manipulate you guys...
How many times I have to tell you to read the damn book "Propaganda" by Ed.- Bernays? Hooolly shit is so fucking easy to manipulate you? If fucking Darth can manipulate you, I do not want to imagine how easy can you be manipulated by your "lovely" government...
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout 13h
I can zap you sats and there's nothing you can do about it!
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Car 11h
I’m confused so leave the show as it is????
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I will not deny or approve this comment. When I said about "manipulation" I was referring to
2 sats IF YOU AGREE more than 2 sats IF YOU DISAGREE
Just playing with words to see how people react.
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WUMBOS PICKS
"KEYAN WHATS THIS"
I think it's pretty entertaining... but I'm an insider so I guess I'm biased
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I love the "Keyan what's this?" too. It's actually pretty good structure for moving from @Car to @k00b, without stepping on each other.
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Car is just throwing the "dead cat" into k00b hands, because he didn't read any of the posts...
We know that both do not have time to read all the shitposting on SN... but this shows quite disinterested into WTH is going on in SN...
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I think k00b reads the posts, and Car reads his own picks, but maybe not all within the top 5
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101 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 17h
Exactly, this is what usually goes down, also I've been insanely busy with PlebLab in October things are now slowing down for me in Nov and Dec. The show started out as two friends getting together to talk about a cool community one of them was building online with lightning at the time when no one was doing anything like it ever before, it was really cool. The SNL DVD 100 kinda shows that or at least that was the idea.
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Sure, the idea is that k00b does read them all and Car is just steering the ship.
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poor k00b... idk if he have time to read all our shitposting :)
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He's said before that he reads every post on SN, but I think he takes more time to understand the top posts.
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I do not judge him... I really do not want to be in his shoes. Is a very hard task.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 17h
ya early on for the first 50 episodes we didn't the other way and it didn't work
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Wumbo’s picks!
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38 sats \ 17 replies \ @kepford 20h
"If you want to comment on this post, zap it with this minimum amount of sats. If not, you are not able to comment."
I like this idea.
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How is that different than comment fees?
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63 sats \ 7 replies \ @kepford 20h
The ability of the OP to set the minimum.
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Yes, I like that.
I also think comment fees should mostly go to the OP.
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Not enforced. Let the OP to decide.
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142 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 20h
Exactly.
Basically giving more power to the creators of posts over their work.
Market forces would be in play. If the cost to comment were too high you wouldn't get comments. We currently have some anti-spam measures here but OPs have no control over this.
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also OP can set the downzap min amount....
MAKE THE HATERS PAY
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This is the way.
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comment fee goes to SN pool zap to comment goes to OP - minus fee
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89 sats \ 4 replies \ @Scoresby 19h
Yes, it does sound good!
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I am glad I stirred the shit on SN....
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 19h
Oh that's where the smell came from...
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My grand-dad used to say to me: every day you are not at least smilling, is a lost day in your life...
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FFS PEOPLE, LAUGH EVERY FUCKING DAY!
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82 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 17h
i like this idea too! should be op discretion
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I zapped more than 2 sats, because I disagree with some of it.
Mostly, I don't like the idea of turning the SNZ into an SNL script. I think they're properly separate things. They could be more integrated with each other, though, like having @plebpoet talk about the theme of that week's SNZ more and maybe mentioning the top SNL clip in the SNZ.
I agree with you that it's best when k00b is describing the facts of the posts topics. He has a real knack for neutral descriptive analysis.
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238 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 19h
I zapped more than 2 sats as well. I think the "Keeeeyan, what's this?" dynamic is pretty fun.
However, I also like Darth's idea of roping in a little more of the SN culture. I think this is why we get Car's picks and top meta, but maybe there is a way to include note quirky stuff that doesn't necessarily show up in top lists.
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"Keeeeyan, what's this?" dynamic is pretty fun.
and k00b
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SNZ / plebpoet / whoever somebody else must be active 24/7 on SN and take notes of what the hell is going on in SN....
Remember it's wild west...:
You cannot know all what is happening on SN during a week just because you read the top 5 posts... much more is going on inside.
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Yeah, it would be fun for someone who spends a ton of time on SN to have an "also there was this long insane argument in one of the posts" segment.
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ok 100 CCs back to you for sincerity
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Hey! I only got 70 CCs
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hahahah that will be another post I will make soon about CCs...
people think I am crazy, but I will always tell you the truth.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 19h
as you see it...
But that's the best case for anyone that we could hope for. Tell the truth as you see it. There are far too many posers on SN these days.
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I will make soon a post about CBDC (CCs)
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If you want to comment on this post, zap it with this minimum amount of sats.
comments are already paid and decided by the territory owner.
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that is something else...
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What you’re suggesting is basically another fee just to unlock the comments. What’s gonna happen is, if someone doesn’t like the post or disagrees, they’ll have to pay up first before they can even argue in the comments. Doesn’t really make much sense to me, but hey, maybe I’m not seeing the full picture.
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54 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 9h
I was considering the same, but didn’t say anything, because everybody seemed so excited about it, and maybe it’s still okay.
Seems like you’re the only one in this comment section to also think adversarially.
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Darth has good ideas, but this ain't one of them.
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YES!
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130 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 17h
I remember I posted before about the show. I mentioned the general sense of boredom I got from the hosts, as Darth pointed out. It varies from week to week. For instance, when David Bailey showed up it was fantastic. I also think the show suffers from the fact that @Car and @k00b are visible in a tiny little box on the lower right. I know the articles are the main event, but I think it detracts from the show. More @plebpoet and @tofer would be good too.
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100 sats \ 3 replies \ @plebpoet 20h
I am listening! Yes this is interesting to consider!
You slowly became quite boring and grumpy
I confess, I sort of feel the same way. Every time I leave an SNL broadcast, I feel a little bad...but it's directed at myself. I feel like I was grumpy, like I was trying to be playful but maybe missed it
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You are the KEY to SN success but they still don't know it.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @plebpoet 13h
Whoa I would call bullshit but I know you enough to know that you don’t bullshit
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think about it... btw... I wrote this post especially on a Monday, so will not get into SNL "top posts" of Friday
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 17h
thanks for the feedback on snl, we are coming up on 200 so its def time to shake things up a bit, im meeting with wumbo this week so we can talk about this post kinda perfect timing actually, also can talk to k00b about it too
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @zapsammy 18h
the meme review is vital for the SN culture's survival; memes are some of the most memorable & powerful tools of psychological warfare;
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sometimes you have to shortcircuit normies brains with really hard memes. They do not understand them in the first minutes, but if they give it some time, will make sense.
REWIRED THE NORMIES BRAINS WITH CONTROVERSIAL MEMES
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Tofu
I always thought his name was Topher, like short for Christopher (?).
I zapped 2 sats because I agree with the sentiment that the show can feel very low energy (Although, I hesitate to echo the boring or grumpy sentiment). I am no entertainer, nor do I care to try to explain on how to be one, but I do get the feeling sometimes that you guys don't really want to be there, whereas I'd rank enthusiasm and showing that you want to be there is probably number 1 for generating viewers who want to listen.) I'd say it would be better to take a week off if you're not feeling up to it than to record a lackluster episode.
I think it would be neat if they tried some new things. One idea is a "Exploring New Frontiers" segment, where you feature top posts from less represented territories. I'm near certain that ~the_stacker_muse, to take one example, is not the only territory that has never had a top 5 story (maybe never will -- since it is barely "bitcoin" adjacent.) Still, there may be interest and it may attract a more diverse audience to hear more about the goings on in other worlds.
Thanks for broaching the topic, Darth. Hopefully everyone here continues to be constructive eith their ideas.
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73 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 19h
I agree with Darth. Make it more fun and accessible to newbies who might come across it and not know about SN or v4v etc. You can still satisfy the hardcore stackers and talk about what's happening on SN and in Bitcoin general as well.
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 17h
I told this to koob and car at TABCONF The reason why I liked SNL was the humor. It was the lighter side of bitcoin. I still get laughs but I can tell it’s not as care free as it once was.
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MAKE SNL GREAT AGAIN <insert memes review here>
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I zapped my usual sats instead of 2 cuz I don’t have time to long press. But I agree!
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OMG after so many time using SN you are still a clunker... shame on you.
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Not your two CCs?
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Another post about CCs is coming soon...
"Darth is the SN destroyer" will say ek...
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nelom 16h
k00b's absence speaks volumes.
+1 vote for k00b
Keep on SNing
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