I like where you’re going with this, but I wouldn’t want anyone to self-censor themselves because of this info. This was your moment of enlightenment… #485859.

For me, i’d suggest not to overthink # of stackers zapping too much. Generally if you’re cheerful on the site and delving deeper into topics and moving conversations forward, people will notice. It need not be 30+ stackers.

Those constructive conversations are much more important to me than just pleasing the masses. I do personally try to put more thought into posts. Most of my posts these days are 4+ hours of work. Many 24+ hours. And I only comment these days on items that really grab my attention or to which I can offer a perspective. Not because of what stackers want. That will only ever lead to burnout / dissatisfaction. Doesn’t ever prevent me from writing a quick post to ask a question or to share an important link I discovered. Just now I may share more context when doing so, to be more considerate to the stacker readers.

So essentially, that stat only matters to me on posts, not so much comments. I do wish it were more visible as a non-hover stat, but the fact it’s there is awesome in itself. It can certainly help us offer-up better value & improve as writers.