I did that: https://stacker.news/items/1430258/r/optimism - evaluating this for a week.

interesting. Territory owners should just simply raise the cost to post/reply in their territories. What's stopping them from doing this?

NEEDcreations

I suppose you could boost your comment by the same amount as the comment fee (48 sats)

you can do this by tapping/clicking on the two little up arrows to the left of your comment.

Sounds like the 'fees' are up to post on Stacker News - well that's OK. It just means it's getting more use.

Edit: I don't want a 'freebie' post... I want to pay.
How do I go back later and "pay" for a free post???

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But there is a systemic problem where anti-spam and anti-sybil mechanisms are enabling trolling. So the jury is still out on this.

For now, the bots are still paying the higher post fees, but I'm seeing less bot comments.

bitcoin

lightning

Bitcoin micropayments are the only hope to save the internet from AI spam

We're having this happen on SN too.

But there is a systemic problem where anti-spam and anti-sybil mechanisms are enabling trolling. So the jury is still out on this. 

For now, the bots are still paying the higher post fees, but I'm seeing less bot comments.