25 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 12 Oct \ parent \ on: Stacker News Zen Mode? meta
Territory fees for posting would still apply. It's only about zaps. Territory post fees would continue to go to founders and rewards since they exist to counter spam. So even with zen mode enabled, one would fund rewards with post fees (but still receive 0).
You'd still have to have the sybil and territory fees, though, so would this just be the 9% of a zap that went to rewards now going to the territory?
No, these zaps don't influence ranking (and also might not show up on the items for others but that's tbd if we do this at all) so no sybil fee needs to apply to zaps but territory fees.
For example, zen mode disabled:
100 sat zap = 70 to receiver, 21 to founder, 9 to rewards
zen mode enabled:
100 sat zap = 79 to receiver, 21 to founder
Also see #720171:
What zen mode means could be adapted to only opt-out of rewards and ranking though but still pay a fee to founders with which they can allocate to rewards or themselves.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 12 Oct
and also might not show up on the items for others
That would address one of my concerns. We know there is an inclination to read and zap based on how many sats a post has earned. On the other hand, not showing them would effectively punish the OP's for receiving zaps from these opt-outers.
If a founder wanted to zap their own posts (in their own territory) to make them look more successful, there would be no disincentive, since they now hold onto all of those sats.
I'm on the fence about this proposal. I'd be very careful messing around with SN's special sauce though.
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