I would love to see minimum upvotes be at 100 sats. These dumb 10 sat upvotes are meaningless and a waste of resources and intentions.
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We could change zap impact to be log100(amount) rather than log10(amount). I like that idea actually.
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Might not this lead to the even more low-sat posts teaching the top of the front page?
If the impact of the a zap is reduced in a posts rank, doesn't that mean the other factors will play a heavier role? So a post with many comments but few zaps becomes even more likely to reach the top of the front page in relation to a post with higher zaps but few comments? (Or I could be completely backward on this).
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Increasing the relative value of comments seems like a win -- generating conversation seem like a great example of adding value.
Might not this lead to the even more low-sat posts teaching the top of the front page?
No, I don’t think so unless I’m missing something.
If the impact of the a zap is reduced in a posts rank, doesn't that mean the other factors will play a heavier role?
Yes, if zap impact is reduced, other factors (mostly trust right now) would have a higher impact.
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What does this change in practice?
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Does this mean that the few stackers who zap 100+ will still have more power to influence? You'd better think carefully about the consequences of this change.
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few stackers .. more power to influence
So you want to keep giving a fraction of a penny and feel like your vote counts for anything?
On the flip side, I have absolutely no incentive to keep commenting or posting on this site. Why gate keep all of my data, content, and money for a couple pennies a day.
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SN certainly isn't about making money. It's testing out how money can be used as a moderator. What sort of community is created when money is the moderator? Does it provide a better place to have the kind of conversation you are looking for? Maybe a 100 sat zap will do more to facilitate that than a 1 sat zap. Certainly worth experimenting with. But I don't think the number of sats a post attracts is the only sign of its success (however the poster might define that).
Just include to it when someone just downzaps your post for no reason! Even though, your post had accumulated 1k sats, it would languish down to the bottom.
1k300 sats and get to the top. Very sad state of affairs here.