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56 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek 7 Sep \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon

I'm sorry this happened to you, we will check on it to verify what happened. I agree, it looks weird.

Keep in mind that it also depends on how early you zap which you can't see from the leaderboard and to some degree how long you've been here (since you accumulate trust from other stackers by them zapping you over time):

Each stacker has a trust score on Stacker News. New accounts start without any trust, and over time stackers can earn trust by zapping good content, and lose trust by zapping bad content.

The only consideration that factors into a stacker’s trust level is whether or not they are zapping good content. The zap amount does not impact a stacker's trust. In addition, stackers do not lose or gain trust for making posts or comments. Instead, the post and comment fees are the mechanism that incentivizes stackers to only make high quality posts and comments.

A stacker’s trust is an important factor in determining how much influence their zaps have on the ranking of content, and how much they earn from the daily sat reward pool paid to zappers as explained here.

-- FAQ, How Does The Stacker News Web of Trust Work?

I'll think about a way to make this more transparent but it's not easy

80 sats \ 3 replies \ @TheMorningStar 7 Sep

I'm sorry this happened to you, we will check on it to verify what happened. I agree, it looks weird.

Thank you so much sir for your detailed reply and please don't be sorry. I've been just keeping an eye on there with the particular stacker. If it's just for one day, I wouldn't bother you. It's just happening for more than 2 days now. The particular stacker seems to be sticking there above many other stacker who IMO provide way more quality and engagement on SN. I don't just understand how a random stacker with a zap of 500 sats without a single comment and with a post that did not gather any attention provide more value than the stackers Who are whose comments and posts are their in the top of zaprank.

Also, the trust score that you mentioned here confuses me when I look into this stacker's bio. He only has 10 items and not joined too long ago. His 10 items have hardly got him 1000 sats. But overall his stack is more than 34k. Surely this stack has gone from rewards pool. I can't really get it.

https://m.stacker.news/50390

Please look into this and please don't take me that I'm asking just because my rank had been way too down. I'm asking this because many good stackers aren't getting what they deserve.

13 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 7 Sep

It's just happening for more than 2 days now.

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I don't just understand how a random stacker with a zap of 500 sats without a single comment and with a post that did not gather any attention provide more value than the stackers Who are whose comments and posts are their in the top of zaprank.

Maybe we're biased too much towards early (big) zaps.

Also, the trust score that you mentioned here confuses me when I look into this stacker's bio. He only has 10 items and not joined too long ago. His 10 items have hardly got him 1000 sats.

Trust score is not based on what someone posts but on what they zap since their zaps influence ranking of other posts and you can't see their zaps.

So this means in theory, you could post really bad stuff but if you zap consistently good stuff (the stuff that other stackers also zap after you), you would have a high trust score.

In practice, they should learn that their posts don't perform and only lose them sats.

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @TheMorningStar 7 Sep

Can we or you see the trust score of stackers?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 7 Sep

I can, you can't (but I don't)