0 sats \ 5 replies \ @nerd2ninja 22 Jul 2022 \ parent \ on: What's your default tipping rate? Why? bitcoin
We have our reasons for tipping the amounts we do though
If your reasons were any good, you probably would have shared them ;)
It's okay, there are plenty of cheap people in the world. So cheap, in fact, that they only tip one satoshi at a time.
Honestly, I never knew such miserliness could exist in this world.
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Like, you tipping one sat? Either you are incredibly cheap, I'm talking Ebenezer Scrooge would have looked like a hype-beast cheap, or your are incredibly poor.
Neither are a great look.
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My brother in Christ, it only costs you 1 sat to post. Your perspective is weird as hell. Most platforms don't even do this tipping thing in the first place. Are you trying to make money here? Well, a lot of people in these comments have given their criteria for why they tip what and it seems you haven't seen mine so here's a damn repost:
"My default is set to 15 right now because k00b gives me too many sats. I've done 1,000 sat tips before though because I was just really happy to see the post. I don't have a high bar to tip though. If a post had me learning something new about the world, 15 sats. If someone is arguing with me in the comments, were the arguments well thought out? Tip. Is the argument dumb in the first place? Don't tip. This is to encourage people who stimulate my brain even if I don't agree with them.
So as you see, the default doesn't always mean I tip that amount."
Yeah k00b tips an unreasonable amount in my opinion lol. But remember, this entire system is meant to encourage quality content. The lower amounts are typically for lower quality, but still agreeable content.
Tipping is, and always has been long before this platform, a sort of bribery mechanism. The people who tip low no matter the content, will not be curated to. That's the incentive to tip higher. This strange tipping entitlement act you're doing...I don't know what to say about it other than no as I reject it entirely.
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Also, nice post and well-reasoned. Thanks for engaging in a substantive manner.
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Totally fine with 1 sat to post. This is about tipping.
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lol I don't need money from SN. In fact, I'm donating it here. I just think it's an interesting experiment. I have no 'tipping entitlement', in fact I just don't give a damn if you tip anything I say or not.
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I just wish people would tip something resembling real world money to other contributors, because that's how you make an ecosystem that boldmattersbold. If you don't see something you like, don't tip. I mean, Christ. I'm not saying hand out money to everyone.
Otherwise, it will simply be an interesting experiment with no real world impact other than just being a message board with lightning tips. You can't build a true set of financial incentives, if you are paying people fractions of fractions of a penny. I'm all for this just being a fun time (like HN), but since SN has gone down the rabbit hole of financialization - I would like to see where it goes.
And I think it's a much more interesting journey if people tip MORE THAN ONE SAT, I mean do you not realize how absurd that is? Who cares about one sat?
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