I like it, let's see if this lowers the non-bitcoin related content a bit and brings more quality.

Although I think polls should cost more, from the fact that recovering the cost of publishing is very easy.

Many Emojis in the title should cost more. Maybe it more expensive to add more than a certain amount.

Since this update ...

Trying to do a Link post. I get:

"Cannot read property 'toString' of undefined"

Testing things....

How about a sub for beginners / unrestricted? This would be like how on BitcoinTalk they have a Beginners forum board, with no posting restrictions like the other forum boards. In that, someone new with no access to a few sats might ask for a donation to help them make their first post or comment. There's no guarantee it wouldn't be spammer but the more likely a spammer would't waste the time going through that.

But that way nobody with something to post or comment on wouldn't be prevented from doing so (assuming they find a donor) because of no access to some sats.

@k00b something has to be done for this scenario

Highly interesting experiment, that will go to history. My view is that everything should (micro)-cost or it will be abused. This is a good start and will show where any pain-points are.

Keep up the good work.

21 Sat salute, sir!

Thanks for doing that! 👊🏻

Is muting on the roadmap?

One suggestion:

Allow user to append into original post after editing expires.

Maybe set maximum append count as 3

Please consider adding downvote and upvote buttons. Posts with a downvote - upvote balance of x will not appear on the feed, they are only accessible via direct link and still appear on the author's profile. The author gets penalised too, they get charged more sats for new posts, until their future publications earn a certain TBD amount. @k00b

I like how you are approaching the development process, great stuff.

The fact that SN can respond to spam by making things more or less costly is huge. Other platforms have to use much more awkward mechanisms, whereas SN can be like “Eh, this seems to be bad, let’s charge one more sat every time people can do it.”

What was the issue with [![alt](image)](link)? Or, maybe, what was the spam issue in general? I missed it. Sounds like it was all image related.

Excellent news. IMHO any posting should come with a cost, and adjusting that cost is necessary for keeping a balance between quality and quantity. OTOH I love that reading is free. The more people can freely enjoy the content the better. For me this is how the press should be. Maybe in the future SN will even have home made journalist publications. You are really doing an excellent work. Thanks!!!

You're right about the friction.

What about a deposit to make an account in exchange for free posts?

Or accounts made with invitation links get free posts (possibly subsidized by the inviter)?

Oh I really like the "your bill" dialog! Super clear!

I hope point 1 is temporary since it might actually slow down the onboarding of new users. Especially for people who are new to Lightning - which is most of the world population.

I'm a big big fan of point 4.

This is a great idea. Let me mention additionally link-shortener services/websites to that.

So bullish on SN!

Thanks for all the great work, @k00b! I really hope stacker.news continues its exponential growth of users!

#3 & #4 are good. #4 should be implemented for any repeated post/link within a given time period.

Oh! You were serious.

Great work SN

Hey @k00b how do you know if you are a trusted user or if someone else posting is a trusted user?

I don't know if it is worthy a rule, but ultimately it's all about new discussions with just a link. The publisher doesn't even care to add some comments to talk about what the link is about. I don't know if they read them before posting. I also don't want to click anywhere.

So, maybe adding a comment feature on new link post to make this clear. Thanks.

i am the first experienced the changes....