How do we feel about a recurring SN-Lottery? \ stacker news ~meta

How do we feel about a recurring SN-Lottery?

778 sats \ 27 comments \ @Fabs 24 Jan meta

I'd like to pitch a not-so-new but oh-so-thrilling format into SN, namely a recurring lottery.

I've gave this some quick split-second thoughts and came up with the following;

Rules

One can enter the lottery (which is a simple post one can zap x-amount to) each Monday (00:01) until Friday (23:59).

One "ticket" costs 100 Sats, e.g;

500 Sats zapped are equal to 5 "tickets", thus 5 chances of winning for that particular nym.

Minimum amount to enter: 100 Sats.

Each Saturday a winner will be picked through the following method; https://namepicker.net/

Tying back to the example above;

Nym "A" zapped 500 Sats, obtained 5 tickets and thus the respective nym is entered five times in the list, enabling five chances of winning the pot.

Each zapper has to provide a comment (pic) displaying the amount zapped.

That's the only way I could come up with which ensures that nobody cheats.

100% of Satoshis are paid out to the winner, what's in it for me? Possible Rewards.

I'm also excluded from the lottery, thus I can't "pick" myself as the "winner".

Possible changes

Increase / decrease "ticket" costs. (Comment).

Change the duration of the lottery, making it run 3 days, 14 days or 28 days instead, as an example. (Comment).

I think it'd be a nice addition, but since it's my idea, this should not come as a surprise. 🤫

Other inspirations have their home in the comments.

Yes, I like 🥳66.7%

No, I don't like (hurts my feelings 😭)33.3%

21 votes \ poll ended

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190 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 24 Jan

I really think this is not advisable. It is not good for anyone to have Stacker News become a gambling site.

123 sats \ 1 reply \ @carlosfandango 24 Jan

Agreed. This brings all the wrong sort of attention to SN. I have no idea of the regulatory risk with regard to geography of users and I really don’t want to have to find out.

38 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 24 Jan

It's not thought of as an implementation to SN directly, more something i'd organize myself.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs OP 24 Jan

Well, there are enough low-effort posts on SN which are solely featuring a link to some article or blog, with which the OP also "gamble's" for Satoshis, to some extent at least.

Maybe this would reduce some of those types of posts, featuring a clear place to pursue Satoshis.

47 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 24 Jan

I can sort of see your point, though I think it's a stretch.

More importantly, this would put Stacker News in legal jeopardy, IMO.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @JuanMiguel 24 Jan

Focus on providing value, not gambling.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OriginalSize 24 Jan

Nah... *check votes* frickn' degens!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 24 Jan

😉

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 24 Jan

I like it the idea but I think we are treading in murky waters. I would suggest you discuss with @k00b and ensure he is ok with the legality of it.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 24 Jan

Go ahead, slap me (metaphorically speaking) across my face if need be!

@k00b

0 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined 24 Jan

I'm fine with it. You do you, buyer beware, etc...

27 sats \ 6 replies \ @Fabs OP 24 Jan

Would you be taking a chance too?

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 24 Jan

Probably, but I prefer the Stacker Sports contests that aren't just entirely random chance.

27 sats \ 4 replies \ @Fabs OP 24 Jan

Oh, any links?

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 24 Jan

Here's the last one: #394059

I'm sure there will be another one posted soon.

27 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs OP 24 Jan

Cool!

Sports betting ain't my thing though, but cool.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 24 Jan

You could just randomly pick an answer though. That would make it just as meaningful as a randomized lottery. That's what I do for the sports I don't follow. ;)

27 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 24 Jan

That's true.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 24 Jan

It would be organized by me, it's not ment as a full-fledged implementation to SN.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @erict875 24 Jan

Nostr probably more appropriate for this but you'd need a more robust implementation.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheWildHustle 24 Jan

Sounds like fun

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango 24 Jan

“The Lottery, with its weekly pay-out of enormous prizes, was the one public event to which the proles paid serious attention. It was probable that there were some millions of proles for whom the Lottery was the principal if not the only reason for remaining alive. It was their delight, their folly, their anodyne, their intellectual stimulant. Where the Lottery was concerned, even people who could barely read and write seemed capable of intricate calculations and staggering feats of memory. There was a whole tribe of men who made their living simply by selling systems, forecasts, and lucky amulets.”

George Orwell said all you need to know about lotteries. They are in their true form just fiat BS undermining proof-of-work.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @carlosfandango 24 Jan

No. Hurts my feelings? No. It hurts SN. But you do you etc etc…

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 24 Jan

Calm down, Tiger.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @quark 24 Jan

We are stackers. You are lucky Darthcoin is not around 😅

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs OP 24 Jan

The above doesn't change a thing to that.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 24 Jan

Providing a picture isn’t sufficient evidence of voting. they could be fabricated.