360 sats \ 1 reply \ @Voldemort 28 Mar \ parent \ on: Some thoughts on SN rewards meta
It is a suboptimal outcome if the incentive model disincentivizes a subset of users who deeply yearn for my little pony content to not zap the author.
If there are no users who have such yearnings, it is not suboptimal.
Anyone interested in a betting pool for when we see a my little pony territory?
ridiculous things lead to interesting thoughts. In all seriousness, I wonder what it means for a community to be able to sustain a sub-community of bronies. Most people view that behavior as completely untenable, so its likely not possible in smaller communities. Or are bronies so unique that they can't be defined as a sub-community, but rather a blight on existing communities that are simply tolerated so as to not break the law?
Anyone interested in a betting pool for when we see a my little pony territory?
I'm guessing it won't be till the oft-hypothesized re-jiggering of how much territories cost, unless some rich Brony truly has a passion project. Which I am here for, if any such person is lurking.
In all seriousness, I wonder what it means for a community to be able to sustain a sub-community of bronies.
Good question -- there must be some sufficient size where it can be viable on a general-interest site, or a site with another interest that is not Bronies. I've been pleasantly surprised by the activity my territory ~mostly_harmless gets, which is not as fringe as MLP, but which is also not even about any particular topic, more a way of being.
And yet people show up! So maybe whatever the carrying-size required for Bronies is, we're at it?
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