Is 69 the Best Mental Model for Getting the Most Out of Stacker News? \ stacker news ~meta

Is 69 the Best Mental Model for Getting the Most Out of Stacker News?

3313 sats \ 34 comments \ @Undisciplined 31 Mar meta

zaps forwarded to @ek (10%)

@ek encouraged me to make a special post to commemorate my 6969th post on Stacker News. I'm a family man, so I surely have no idea why that number would have any significance. I believe he was sad to discover that he just missed out on his own 6969.

Anyway, as many are reflecting on their lessons learned from MSM, to me it only reinforced what Stacker News is all about: mutual satisfaction.

If you're only earning sats and not zapping others, not only are you letting them down, you're letting yourself down. @k00b has designed a feedback system that rewards giving as well as receiving.

Likewise, if you're just zapping away, but not commenting or posting, you're not just foregoing potential zaps and rewards, you're denying others the opportunity to show their appreciation by reciprocating.

I hope that was vaguely suggestive enough for you, @ek, you degenerate.

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167 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 1 Apr

On the holiest of Easter days you sully the sanctity of mutual zapping with your sexual innuendo.

I for one am appalled.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 1 Apr

I found it hard to comprehend this 😳

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 1 Apr

Is that what it is? @ek is such a pervert!

129 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 1 Apr

I used to think 69 was a thinly veiled reference to a sexual act, but when I asked about its significance on r/cc, I learnt that 69 referred to Bitcoin’s ATH in late 2022. Perhaps we ought to have a new mental model now that Bitcoin has surpassed past that.

Well if my experience on r/cc is anything to go by, it’s a good idea to capitalise on anything 69 related because that would attract a lot of attention (and correspondingly, upvotes/zaps) from other users. Yes, Sensei can be savvy at playing this shitposting game hahaha

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 1 Apr

At least one person's mind isn't in the gutter...at least not all the way.

213 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin 1 Apr

I am about to reach 16000 items on SN. Let's see the results when I will have 16969 items. 1000 items is peanuts for me... I try to keep a balance in my zapping. Balance into The Force is key. 69 represent Ying and Yang too...

65 sats \ 2 replies \ @Natalia 1 Apr

69 represent Ying and Yang too...

didn't know this.

144 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 1 Apr

People that think is sexual related are the perfect example of brainwashing machine that is running nowadays, trying to hide or minimize the real aspects of this symbol that goes waaaay long even before humans ever existed.

Just think about 2 atoms, creating a fusion reaction.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 1 Apr

Wait, what else does it mean?

65 sats \ 0 replies \ @Design_r 1 Apr

you anticipated me

237 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek fwd 31 Mar freebie

This isn't your 6969th post according to the item count in your profile 👀

I believe he was sad to discover that he just missed out on his own 6969.

So sad that it left me speechless.

If you're only earning sats and not zapping others, not only are you letting them down, you're letting yourself down.

I would add here that some stackers mentioned that they do notice and remember if they don't get zapped back. It's like some form of unwritten rule around here: if you get zapped in a thread with someone, you zap back; at least as a "I have read your reply"-zap. Amount is negotiable.

165 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw 1 Apr

This is a random way to bring this up but I have a feature request…

filtering on posts should probably change the count from ‘6969 items’ to ‘69 posts’.
It’s a little confusing currently how many posts/comments people have.
can see why, given the amount of flexible filtering options there.
filters could probably also only show if stacker has any of them

132 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 31 Mar

Lame Excuse 1: You can't commemorate something before it's happened. Lame Excuse 2: I was managing a bunch of different conversations and lost count.

You're right to point out that you have to give if you expect to receive. How are you not married? You seem like a wise young man.

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek fwd 1 Apr freebie

How are you not married? You seem like a wise young man.

Maybe I'm having too much fun on my own already

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 1 Apr

I'm having too much fun on my own

probably why you missed your own 6969

74 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 30 Apr

Well, the title made me think about some written version of 69.

Then I went searching for the importance of this number and look what I found out.

69 is a congruent number—a positive integer that is the area of a right triangle with three rational number sides—and an amenable number because it can be divided evenly by 2. 69 can be expressed as the sum of consecutive positive integers in multiple ways, making it a polite number.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/69_(number)#:~:text=69%20is%20a%20congruent%20number,making%20it%20a%20polite%20number.

65 sats \ 0 replies \ @riberet19 1 Apr

Congratulations on your 6969 post, it's a very big milestone, I guess 10000 posts are just around the corner.

65 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw 1 Apr

29 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 1 Apr

Wait. So what exactly are we talking about?

97 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 1 Apr

No idea

191 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 1 Apr

I guess @ek was playing with @Undisciplined to do something for this cool number 6969, and @Undisciplined decided to write something for fun, and then realized he actually missed the 6969. 👀

but then I don't get this #488667 from @grayruby

95 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek fwd 1 Apr freebie

Your next comment or post will be your 10301th item.

A number palindrome! Choose your next words carefully, @siggy47.

119 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 1 Apr

I have Aibohphobia

95 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek fwd 1 Apr freebie

You have conquered your fear!

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @elvismercury 31 Mar

Important wisdom for all of us, thanks to you both.

116 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek fwd 31 Mar freebie

You're about to have 2244 posts 👀

27 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 31 Mar

We aim to please.

19 sats \ 0 replies \ @DudeJLebowski 1 Apr

I cut my zapping right back in March as I'm more of a zapper than a commenter or thread starter, and with the daily rewards disappearing, I'm running out of sats!

19 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 1 Apr

I would do the exact opposite and commemorate 9696 if I reach there.

Thanks for the idea!!

19 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 31 Mar

All I can say is: Nice.

19 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 31 Mar

If this becomes a trend, we're in trouble 🤠

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 31 Mar

I'm just now realizing that I should have added some AI generated "art" to give the post a bit more pizazz.

19 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 31 Mar

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 31 Mar

Much more tasteful than one might have expected