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132 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined 28 Feb \ parent \ on: The data to help you become a better Stacker ⚡ meta
Yeah, I think anchoring to the Texas time zone might be leading to some gamification that works against our European and Asian Stackers.
I've seen sites randomize their equivalent of the reward deadline, in order to give everyone a fair shake.
Sometimes feels like you could post something really awesome morning Europe time and it's tumbleweed time
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If I'm interpreting this post correctly, I think a lot of European morning posts get overlooked, because a flood of American morning posts bury them.
I guess the issue is that people show up in the morning with a post in mind, If they looked for content to read first, then those European posts would get more attention.
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Do the morning European posts get overlooked and zapped less as there are rewards for zapping top posts and top comments early? So, when there are more stackers online are they going for the more recent posts, rather than older posts? that's the problem with rewards, it nudges and changes behaviour. I mean, that's the whole point of it. There are always consequences
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I think that's right, too.
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Would love to be able to schedule posts too 😁
Whilst there are no doubt tweaks that can be made, I don’t think the issue is as pronounced as my post makes out.
We’re talking about a small uplift of 14%. 4,523 sats during 9-12 EST, vs 3,978 sats on average other times. 24% higher specifically for 9-12 vs 3-6am EST (3,654 sats).
I still think genuine proof of work rises to the top.
I posted at just about the worse time possible last night and it still showed up in the top 5-10 posts by mid morning the next day.
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I agree. Really good posts are likely to still get noticed.
Still, if there are easy ways to remove arbitrary penalties for posting at certain times, there's no reason not to.
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really good posts are likely to still get noticed
I'm not sure I can completely agree with that. I've seen good posts and good comments (that have been made later on a post) languishing when early comments and posts get all the attention.
Also, if people don't bother commenting on something if it's deemed too old then I feel that is affecting the "life cycle" of posts as people can move very quickly on.
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I especially agree with the point about good comments getting overlooked if they weren't made early. The little blue flag that indicates new comments have been made since you last read a post is helpful, but maybe there's another innovation to be had there.
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