823 sats \ 15 replies \ @k00b 2 Oct 2023 \ parent \ on: Please add a sub called "macro" or "economics" or similar meta
What'd be even cooler is creating your own categories on a whim
would be better off as a tag-based system them. that dropdown will get way too long.
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It's not that simple. We've had a lot of discussions about tags as alternatives to subs. My view is subs are the way to go. The dropdown UX is not permanent.
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I imagine we want to be careful about having too many subs, and therefore segregating the content too much. Just a thought, I'm sure you've done a lot more thinking about this than I have.
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I dont know if creating a lot of different subs will necessarily segregate content, immediately at least. Just because there are new subs doesn't mean we wont see content - home i imagine would still show everything being posted. Content will likely only become "segregated" as more and more users join the platform to discuss broader and broader things and it gets harder to keep up with everything, but in the short term we should still be able to see everything coming through. And on top of that we'll have more niche filtering options to find content more easily.
@k00b a question I do have: will people be able to create subs on a whim and start posting or will they have to go through some sort of approval system? Like to prevent XRP fanboy subs/ nsfw/ other nonsense you may not want appearing for example lol
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Yes, I don't wanna see SN become another Reddit or Twitter. One of a network's value is the quality and focus of their users.
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Absolutely. @k00b ser does SN have a mission statement?
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An implicit answer to this is in the origin story; @k00b also provided some good perspective in this thread a couple weeks ago.
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Applying some sort of user requirement to be able to create subs can fix this
(Like you must stack at least 50k and have 5 cowboy hat streak to create a sub)
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I don't know. 5 is to low IMO but I'm not even sure this is a good idea. Both can be gamed.
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Our plan is to charge sats monthly to own a sub and let you earn any sats the sub generates. Each sub will be like a mini SN ... which itself can have subs in it.
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Like a chef editor and can own the sub?
let you earn any sats the sub generates
But how does it work if others would like to post under the same sub, is it the same as charging the posting fee, but SN won't take any from it but taking monthly sats instead? Interesting.
It sounds like plebs are going to run their own gang.! each sub ( community / gang ) is free to thrive in its own way, yet still connecting to each other ( all Bitcoiners haha ) , so cool.
you can't
you mustn't
if stacker news becomes too good I'll never get off
please, have mercy
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This sounds... interesting. I'll have to marinate on this for a while... hmm
5 its an example
Both can be gamed
But its better than nothing
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