41 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 May \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
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.
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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