Should "stackers" be capitalized? \ stacker news ~Ask

1819 sats \ 14 comments \ @elvismercury 6 Jan Ask_SN

Examples:

Howdy Stackers, here's something I've noticed about the hash rate as we approach halvings. What do stackers think about the prospects of the mempool ever clearing again?

I can never decide and it's pissing me off. Can I get a ruling: should it be "stackers" or "Stackers"?

EDIT: haha, poll options capitalize everything, and I can't edit the choices. Argh. Lemme try again.

Stackers6.3%

stackers6.3%

lowercase68.8%

uppercase18.8%

16 votes \ poll ended

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557 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 7 Jan

It's funny that you got bit by the poll post type auto-capitalizing all poll options

1693 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 6 Jan

I hardly understand what makes a pronoun a pronoun given my lack of pre-college education, but I can offer a bit of history.

I initially spelled it stackerz following Nicki Minaj's Barbz thinking it might disambiguate it from other uses of stackers. Ultimately, I think it was too heavy handed¹ and impractical for everyone to type.

and my hands are very light, "weightless," I say when my wife asks me to perform a clown meditation that requires you experience the weight of your hands. ↩

1263 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury OP 6 Jan

I like how your education isn't adequate for the rudiments of spoken language, but it is adequate to write advanced distributed systems that explore frontier topics in sociology and economics.

I'm afraid you will have a very hard time finding a support group, should you ever require one.

2 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 6 Jan

I initially spelled it stackerz following Nicki Minaj's Barbz

Even though we went another way, the SN team will still sign your boobs.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 6 Jan

I'm glad you didn't go with stackerz. Good choice

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs 6 Jan

You've opened a debate which should've been avoided at all cost, for now we may face a terrible split amongst our fellow brethren (and sisters, although I believe we can count those on one hand and a foot, but still)!!

The only possible outcome of this war that I foresee is a Hard Fork!

Long live the Stackers!

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 6 Jan

Stackers

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Public_N_M_E 7 Jan

I feel like if you're refering to a person or a group of people it becomes a name not a description and as a name, it should be capitalised.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 6 Jan

I never thought about this. I just used "stackers" like "people" or "users" so always lowercase.

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stackerz