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50 sats \ 4 replies \ @phygit 31 Aug 2023 \ parent \ on: Stacker saw a 3.3k reduction in visitors (June-July). Will August be an uptick? bitcoin
Yep, said that before too. SN is seen (for a reason) as yet another cryptic maximalist den. A good 90% of post are either news-reposts that most bitcoiners have already seen in their RSS feed reader, or complete garbage. UX is bad and internal mechanisms unclear. Nothing is done to make this place more open and able to reach a wide audience.
I suggested months ago to open the subs to any subjects and to anyone, with attached incentives (owners/curators of the subs get part of the zaps). That would create a new economy and motivate people to create interesting/relevant/living subs. And that could transform SN into a new kind of Reddit with a real monetization scheme and a huge potential.
But people in here have zero ambition and lack any form of vision for the future of this site. They are just happy with their tiny pseudo-community of BTC maxis, comforting them in their fake reality ("shitcoins everywhere!", "million dollar BTC after halving!"). They worship their DarthGod (looooool) with his 2 cents memes and absurd attitude. Fuck, AI-generated articles summaries were forbidden in here just because the guy declared that "AI is evil". How fucking stupid.
Anyway, obv SN is slowly but surely dying this way. A bit sad but, as we know, you cannot force a donkey to drink...
Can I ask why you think the UX is bad? I really like it and am a web developer, so I'm wondering what you think is lacking?
I completely agree with you about the very silly (micro)celebrity-worship of @darthcoin, but celebrity worship isn't a toy you can take away from internet people :)
(and PS: darthcoin seems alright to me, I just haven't seen any deep thought or nuanced opinion from him. He for instance says that COVID did not exist at all. I have a sister who is a surgeon and who got it, and it made her lose her sense of taste for months. My brother works in elderly care and saw a HUGE uptick in deaths. It did exist. no offense darth, you just seem to appeal to the same type of worshippers who latch on to pewdiepie, I don't understand it, but I wish you well)
I hope SN doesn't die, but not to worry, it is only a front of the new Nostr ZAP based web. We're the first in the wild west of this new land :)
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SN UX may be OK for geeks and tech-savvy people, but bring some "normal people" in here (say, your mother) and see what happens...
Darth is undoubtedly an expert on Lightning and has strong knowledge on the technicalities of Bitcoin. No problem to admit that. But it doesn't imply that he understands Bitcoin. And he has such simplistic views and ridiculous postures on any other subject... Just because you're an excellent plumber doesn't mean you can build a house, and even less that you understand urbanism.
(I lost my father to Covid, and my partner lost her father AND sister from Covid, so imagine how much I value and respect people denying the reality of it...)
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Fuck. That sucks about your father and other relatives. Nothing I can say to help in any way, though my instinct tells me to try. When I think about death, I think about a quote from Epicurus (paraphrased by Norm MacDonald)
"Why should I fear death? While I am here; death is not. While death is here; I am not. Why should I fear death? We will never intersect."
I know that doesn't help. Have a big zap (is that SN lingo for big hug?).
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Thanks, bud, not necessary but I appreciate.
Never really feared death either, but it's when it strikes others that it really sucks. We are never prepared for this, never...
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