Oh I definitely think that the sats we're stacking now will have significant value in the future. As the value of a sat goes up presumably people would tip smaller amounts, so the early adopters have an advantage.

SN definitely has tremendous potential but I think it's only a piece of the puzzle. You can tip here, but it's optional. If I were a professional writer looking to make a living I'd want to have the option of charging per article. Not a revolutionary concept - just take the existing concept of a paywall and make it seamless. Charge per article and not per month. Ideally, I would be able to use the sats I already stacked by participating in SN or a similar site (this concept should totally be expanded to other topics, like gardening, etc) to pay for an article at a bitcoinized version of substack