For ~science, I only experimented a very little at the beginning. Don't remember the specifics, but I must have tried really low (like 10-20 sats) and then a bit higher (like 100 sats). Because I had a personal policy of upvoting each post that had a modicum of quality (e.g. not just a link without context), I ended up with a small army of posters (assmilkers) that were doing the bare minimum but not enough to instigate comments or discussions. I think the reason for the 100 sats was to see how this increase would affect the willingness of those low-effort posters to post. It worked, but a side effect is that I was getting much less volume, also from quality posters. So I put it back down, and just let the community decide if a post is worth getting sats. I now only upvote posts I like.
For ~science, I only experimented a very little at the beginning. Don't remember the specifics, but I must have tried really low (like 10-20 sats) and then a bit higher (like 100 sats). Because I had a personal policy of upvoting each post that had a modicum of quality (e.g. not just a link without context), I ended up with a small army of posters (assmilkers) that were doing the bare minimum but not enough to instigate comments or discussions. I think the reason for the 100 sats was to see how this increase would affect the willingness of those low-effort posters to post. It worked, but a side effect is that I was getting much less volume, also from quality posters. So I put it back down, and just let the community decide if a post is worth getting sats. I now only upvote posts I like.
Conclusion:
Government intervention works