That's a good point. There's probably a way to adjust earning cowboy hats that would at least make gaming it a bit more obnoxious and reward authentic engagement with SN. I'll leave that to the real smart guys who develop the site.

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hats can be easy to game - just zap another account you control.

100 sats for posts (not comments) I say is totally fair, it could even be 500 sats, if you have quality content to share then you will surely make this back.