110 sats \ 3 replies \ @davidw 19 May freebie \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
Agree with @south_korea_ln. The data and insights are there for us all to see. Spend more time on your posts and you will be richly rewarded.
Thinking or concluding that there is favouritism or bias is disingenuous to how SN works. If someone puts more POW in than those currently well regarded, they will pick-up the lions share of sats.
Also, you can tell instantly if someone has put time into their posts. During MSM I posted many short & long-form content and it was the long-form that performed insanely better. And that was during one of my busiest times at work. I’ve been as guilty as anyone of over thinking it. It’s actually supremely simple.
Stacker News does have systemic favoritism, though. Those who produce content that meets the tastes of the highest trust stackers will get more rewards than others.
That’s not even a bad thing, and over time it balances out, but it could seem unfair to some people in the moment.
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Top posts are certainly not guaranteed though. That's the thing.
Yes you get a headstart by building a decent reputation and it is easier to rank higher with a decent trust score than as a newbie, but you need to maintain and sustain those expectations also if you want to retain eyeballs. I don't take that for granted at all. Someone else will soon put in far more time to their posts than I and others. That's inevitable.
I am willing to bet the average stacker spends 3-4 minutes on any post on the site. Unless a link/resource is really compelling me to share, I will very rarely post something without 3-4 hours of work. And in those best performing posts, it is more like 3-4 days of effort. This is lost if you believe that 'systemic favouritism' is the reason for handsome rewards.
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Yes you get a headstart by building a decent reputation
That's the key point that I think a lot of the new people don't get yet. We all started from 0 and worked our way to wherever we are now. You built whatever current headstart you have now by putting in the work before you had it.
It's a very fluid environment and the global trust score is dynamic.
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