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6 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b OP 11 Sep 2021 \ parent \ on: SN tipping is live! meta
Thanks for starting a conversation around this.
On my walk home: I think the way forward is to remove boost as an action users can make on an item and put it as an option when you create a post. It simplifies the site a lot but allows for users to promote things temporarily.
was thinking about this myself while walking the dogs- any other forums where something like a boost has been implemented? Doesn’t mean it necessarily shouldn’t be a new thing but it seems most places have by necessity become very anti-self promotion because of spamming. Many FB groups once they achieve mass become pay to play for self promotion but it’s somewhat cumbersome for mods to deal with without something like you’ve built.
Perhaps can keep the boost there but maybe make it cost significantly more in sats… some sort of exponential increase in cost for each additional boost. keeping the current transparency so users know a thread has been boosted.
Might be worth it’s own thread to get more community opinion.
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I think you’re right. It should cost more or be removed. The problem with making it too expensive and allowing you to only boost when posting is I’d need to provide estimates on how effective the boost will be … complicated. I like keeping it though because it demonstrates we can do interesting things when money is native to the application.
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