I was perusing the top lists on Stacker News, as I do from time to time, and it occurred to me that how we each score across categories is something like a Stacker News personality type.
My All-Time Scores
  • Cowboy: 4th
  • Value: 4th
  • Stacking: 3rd
  • Spending: 19th
  • Comments: 5th
  • Posts: 10th
  • Referrals: 46th
So, it looks like I'm highly consistent, I say things people like, I prefer to take part in conversations than lead them, I'm a bit of a cheapskate, and I have no social influence. That more or less checks out.
I'm not surprised to be doing so poorly at referrals (I actually do try to attract people to SN), but the gap between stacking and spending surprised me (I think of myself as someone who splashes sats around with a fair amount of abandon).
It takes a couple minutes to do, but what is your Stacker personality profile? Does it reflect how you think of yourself?
Cowboy: 26th Value: 259 Stacking: 196 Spending: 283 Comments: Posts: 196th Referrals: not any
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@remindme in 12 hours to collect my stats. I think this will be too hard to do on a phone, will do it on my computer tomorrow
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Cowboys: 11 Value: 49 Stacking: 30 Spending: 86 Comments: 22 Posts: 283 Referrals: 57
Lines up, IMO. I'm here a lot, leave a fair amount of comments, don't post much, and have limited social reach (but a lot of my comments have referral links)
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It seems like pretty much everyone commenting on this post fit a similar pattern:
High cowboy streak Stacking > Spending Comments > Posts Struggling with referrals
That's kind of strange, since rankings are sort of zero sum. Where are all the stackers spend more than they stack or post more than they comment?
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They’re off making posts and not commenting here lol
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After everyone is opening up here 😄 My details on forever filter but I've been here for hardly 6 months
  • Cowboy: 14th
  • Value: 19th
  • Stacking: 29th
  • Spending: 107th
  • Comments: 9th
  • Posts: 55th
  • Referrals: 21st
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Much better than I would have ranked after 6 months.
Almost everyone I interact with on here follows the same pattern:
Stack > Spend Comment > Post
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60 sats \ 1 reply \ @BTCLNAT 12 Sep
Where can I find that data?
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There are some drop down menus if you select "Top" on the homepage. Cowboy is its own thing and then Stackers has all the other numbers. You're pretty new though, so I recommend just looking at the past week for your rankings.
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How did you get this information?
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Under "Top" you can choose to sort by stackers, rather than posts.
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38 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs 12 Sep
God damn! I wanna know my stats too! Where can I find that summary?
Edit:
Apparently, I suck as a Stacker... 😭
Value: 137 Stacking: 65 Spending: 258 Comments: 32 Posts: 112 Referrals: 36
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That's pretty good. There have been thousands of Stackers, after all. You've also been featured on Stacker News Live, that's a rare accomplishment.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs 12 Sep
I have, and I even have a post that stacked >100K sats, hm, maybe I am amongst the Very Important Stackers, after all! 😶‍🌫️🤭🥰
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I love statistics. I actually didn’t know that you can get so many rankings on different categories until I read your post.
My All-Time Scores
Cowboy: 34th Value: 39th Stacking: 24th Spending: 87th Comments: 19th Posts: 32th Referrals: 23th
I expected to land in the 30s for most categories - and I did. I also expected to do well for Stacking and Referrals because I’m such a hustler. I certainly didn’t disappoint myself. I thought I would do better in Posts than in Comments. Since I’m ranked so much higher in Comments, perhaps I should shift my habits towards increased commenting. I’m even more of a cheapskate than you are! Haha
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Most of the regulars seem to be sort of like this, but your referrals are very impressive.
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Happy to beat you in at least one category haha
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Just curious, when you first started on SN, did you splash around the sats? Or as you gained more, you started splashing more around? I havent been around as long as you, I have only seen a few months now.
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I did not. There were a few big spenders when I joined, but most people (including me) were defaulting to 1 sat. Last summer is when it dawned on me that the rewards system benefits you for zapping more.
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Interesting. Im not saying it is bad. I think things take time to settle. I still feel I zap too much on some comments, but you need to encourage the people to comment. Lately I have been taking a break from SN, need to recharge.
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You can always zap me more. Not complaining
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I have made just for fun at one month and one year , considering that I have been only 5 months in SN.
Last month
  • Cowboy: 25
  • Value: 35
  • Stacking: 45
  • Spending: 45
  • Comments:33
  • Posts: 37
  • Referrals: none
Last year
  • Cowboy: 25
  • Value: 90
  • Stacking: 120
  • Spending: 177
  • Comments: 56
  • Posts: 77
  • Referrals: none
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Only 5 months?! I feel like I have known you forever
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Haha , it’s true. I think we spend plenty of time around here.
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So balanced
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I was lagging a bit on spending at the beginning, but I have improved that side in recent weeks.
Definitely referrals need improving!
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This is pretty cool. I learned a lot about myself. Mainly, I found out where I spent my time over the last 2 1/2 years.
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Siggy's presumed rankings
Cowboy: 1st Value: 2nd Stacking: 1st Spending: 1st Commenting: 3rd Posting: 14th Referrals: 3rd
Outspending @k00b is very impressive.
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I don't want to dox myself, but I will a little. All I will say is I have not outspent @k00b.
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Then we have quite a mystery to unravel.
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There appears to be a prominent hidden stacker who ain't me. I don't check this stuff often.
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Paranemo events?
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That was my initial thought, although @ek explained the mystery of the big spender. There are still big guys out there who people assume are me.
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74 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 12 Sep
nouting to see here
👀
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How to check it
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Sort posts by "top" on the homepage, then switch the drop down menu from "posts" to "stackers".
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51 sats \ 0 replies \ @Golu 12 Sep
I'm yet to know what type! You tell me what type do you think I'm?
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When I am stuck at home, not working on my citadel, I spend too much time on SN. I have it open 24h in my desktop browser. I think that say it all.
About the rate stacking/spending I try to have a balance. But I notice that some anons are zapping me a lot. Sometimes even for simple replies. Those zaps ruin my balance because I always zap good posts and comments, but wisely.
LOL I am about to reach 21k items on SN, all time high.
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I made this dumb chart for me and @grayruby, you would basically be down in that Miserly Troll corner: Stack > Spend, Comment > Post.
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LOL good one !
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25 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 12 Sep
For a second I thought it was a newfangled Nolan chart
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It literally is, I'm just using really stupid proxy variables.
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I am curious how many daily active users are on stacker. I looked at a couple of the lists and I am around 50 on most. Seems kind of high considering how much I am here.
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Judging by the analytics page, there are about 300 users on any given day.
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My All-Time Scores:

  • Stacking Since: 11 Oct 2023
  • Longest Cowboy Streak: 48
  • Value: 26
  • Stacking: 17
  • Spending: 69
  • Comments: 10
  • Posts: 15
  • Referrals: 96
I think this sums up my thoughts pretty well. Sats matter to me, but I'll say whatever's on my mind, even if it's unpopular.
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It looks like we're cut from the same cloth.
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I'm just a little kid here. I am studying right now. It will take me a long time to become a good stacker
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You're doing great. It feels like it takes a long time to work your way up these rankings, but before you know it you'll be showing up on them.
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I don't tend to put labels on people.
Each person is unique in their own way.
It's way more interesting to meet people like that and see what they have to say instead of trying to label everyone into a predefined set.
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This is clearly a goof. C'mon man.
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Thank you for sharing your very unique story on SN. I have recently begun to immerse myself in the wonderful world of SN.
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Forever, but that could be up to the user.
I had been intending to write something different about these rankings, but this seemed more fun.
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Yes, I deleted. I noticed after I replied you said “all time”.
Here are my stats: Cowboy: 9th Value 13th Stacking 6th Spending 14th Comments 2nd Posts 25th Referrals 29th
Clearly I spend too much time commenting. Haha
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More exaggerated than me on commenting vs posting, but less exaggerated on stacking vs spending.
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My territory fees count towards spending so that’s an extra million sats spent.
I would be 21st if not for the territory.
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I don’t see why that shouldn’t count.
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Agree it should.
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I'm thinking this could be one of those 2-D political compass looking things.
Left/Right could be Spending/Stacking and Up/Down could be Posts/Comment