68 sats \ 7 replies \ @k00b 1 Jun \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
The impact a zap has on ranking.
Stackers would have to zap 10x more to have the same impact on ranking that they currently do.
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).
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A negligible amount of money does nothing to prove out the concepts of money being used at all.
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Fair. I wonder where the balance is though? Bitcoiners are notorious (possibly falsely) for not wanting to part with their sats. Previous polls/comments here lead me to suspect that a 1000 sat zap minimum would significantly reduce users. Yet $0.75 is still pretty negligible.