New SN post type: [request] ✔️ (similar to Stackoverflow)
442 sats \ 17 comments \ @vijo 10 Jul 2022 meta
Right now we have ability to post links and discussions. I propose a new type of post: A request.
A request has a bounty attached to it (provided by the OP). The request itself could be a simple question or whatever the OP deems fit.
Similar to stackoverflow, the OP could accept an answer (green checkmark ✔️), which awards the bounty to the poster who provided the answer.
Requests could be flagged as such, by appending [request: 10000 sats] to the title.
Might need to separate requests from normal posts in the overview. Or not. I'll leave that one up to @k00b ;)
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119 sats \ 1 reply \ @tomlaies 10 Jul 2022
I really really like this.
I often have beginners linux problems and googling only give reddit/stackoverflow posts from 2010 that got voted to -1 and one snarky à la "Why don't you do <something unrelated>". And I know really well that actual tech savy people solve them with 3 command line inputs.
Bitcoin (and financial incentivation) fixes this.
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9 sats \ 0 replies \ @tomlaies 10 Jul 2022
Also then it's good bye for Soldirac 😜
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271 sats \ 7 replies \ @k00b 10 Jul 2022
We've had this requested a lot and I want to do it.
What's odd is that users can do this today - there just aren't tools to enforce the asker paying the bounty. But you can ask something and be like '100k sats to best answer' and then tip it.
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125 sats \ 5 replies \ @vijo OP 10 Jul 2022
True. Hadn't thought of that.
As you said, the difference would mostly be the "enforcement mechanism".
Also, some people might only get an idea when they see that they can create requests? All in all I think such a feature could help improving SNs public awareness.
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72 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 10 Jul 2022
I agree having the feature would invite people to do it.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @0391398253 10 Jul 2022
what if allow users to vote?, yet someone could create like 100 accounts and vote for someone.
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5 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 10 Jul 2022
We could use a web of trust, like we do with the homepage. 100 upvotes from history-less sockpuppets would count for zero.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0391398253 10 Jul 2022
Interesting experiment that would love to see in action.
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6 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 11 Jul 2022
The person asking the question could accept the best/correct answer. This could also be what triggers the checkmark emoji to appear.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @thrown 12 Jul 2022
Implement it based purely on this trust model. Maybe just change the CSS. But the biggest thing would be putting them in an “Ask” category like Jobs probably, right?
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118 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 10 Jul 2022
Good idea, it may be necessary for Stacker News to take a small cut on these bounties so people don’t try to game the system.
Imagine I set a 1,000,000 sat bounty for a question, get a bunch of users contributing great answers, then create a second account and pay the entire bounty to my second account.
A small fee for creating a bounty would probably fix that.
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107 sats \ 1 reply \ @zuspotirko 10 Jul 2022
And a separate domain that is readonly for the sole purpose of using the "StackerOverflow" pun
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 10 Jul 2022
My favorite Bitcoin pun has got to be Satisfieds
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @uco 10 Jul 2022
Love this idea! You could also add this as part of the Trust algorithm. The more times your answer was chosen as the "best" you would not only get rewarded with the bounty but your trust score would increase.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Brunswick 11 Jul 2022
I like the idea of a bounty for a best answer. It seems like there would need to be an amount of time in the beginning where the answers are compiled, then a second phase where voting occurs. Rather than the OP choosing the winner, the vote could determine the correct answer. You should probably be prevented from voting if you are one of the participants, and the post should show up as a 'new post' upon the beginning of each phase. Each of these two phases would need a time-limit or answer limit and/or vote limit associated with them. These request/bounties will likely get lots of traffic because people will continue to come back to check on it. It would also require notifications to participants so they know where and when to come back after each of the phases are elapsed.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @vijo OP 11 Jul 2022
Unfortunately, voting opens up the possibility to be sybil attacked (make 1000 accounts and vote for your own). To keep it simple, the decision should stay with the OP. Maybe implement a way to punish obvious malfeasance.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0391398253 11 Jul 2022
User must put some money at stake, if don't choose an answer lose the money. But what if all answers suck?.
Too many vulnerabilities.
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