145 sats \ 5 replies \ @ek 21 May \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
I am trying to best to simply ignore them
You can completely opt-out of the cowboy hat in your settings:
I like to think that the intent was not to manipulate us?
I think the intent was to have something to show off your consistency of contributing to the site and to have some secret fun (think inside joke)
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131 sats \ 4 replies \ @Natalia 21 May
I think it started as a gimmick to manipulate stackers, aka make them stick 🤣🤣🤣
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42 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 21 May
let's call it a social experiment in how easy it is to influence people
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31 sats \ 2 replies \ @Natalia 21 May
and the way to win is NOT to play 🧪
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 21 May
It's a tit-for-tat game 🧑‍🔬
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63 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 21 May
I think the real signal is
  • stacking since
  • the quality of posts or comments
  • engaging level
The hat is useless other than saying how long you haven't gone offline a full day.
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