that 'filter by sats' is a clever mechanic, i'll give u that. definitely better than a useless like button.
but doesn't this just create a rich-get-richer loop? if everyone sets their filter to 500 or 1000 sats, then a great post from a new user with 0 balance will never even be seen. u're basically making an echo chamber for people who already have sats to spend.
in a way, u r replacing 'signal-to-noise' with 'wealth-as-signal'. how does a platform stay innovative if the visibility is locked behind a paywall? feels like we're just trading one problem for another. im still not convinced this doesnt hurt the small creators

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However, my skepticism lies in the signal-to-noise ratio.

This reminds me of another reason.  In your 

 there is a "filter by sats" parameter which lets you set a value a post has to reach for you to see the post.

This allows one to filter out a lot of "Spam" and only get shown something truly valuable (a post people have spent their hard earn sats on).

This feature I think will become one of the killer features of Stacker News as we have more traffic on the site in the future.  You can not really do this will Likes or Thumbs Ups as they are free and users will just give them out to any silly thing.

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>However, my skepticism lies in the signal-to-noise ratio.

This reminds me of another reason.  In your [Settings](https://stacker.news/settings) there is a "filter by sats" parameter which lets you set a value a post has to reach for you to see the post. 

This allows one to filter out a lot of "Spam" and only get shown something truly valuable (a post people have spent their hard earn sats on).

This feature I think will become one of the killer features of Stacker News as we have more traffic on the site in the future.  You can not really do this will Likes or Thumbs Ups as they are free and users will just give them out to any silly thing.