It will! See (1)

> 1. attach a receiving wallet to SN

Which means that we will send payments made to your lightning address to your attached wallet.

> stop using your SN lightning address on nostr

I thought original post said the username@stacker.news ln-url will continue working as a forwarding method?

tomlaies

> > What if I receive sats to my SN lightning address after Nov. 5th?
>
> If you've attached an external receiving wallet, those sats will go directly to your receiving wallet.
>
> If you haven't attached an external receiving wallet, you'll receive Cowboy Credits.

So if you don't want to receive Cowboy Credits when you're zapped on nostr, you'll want to either:

1. attach a receiving wallet to SN, or
2. stop using your SN lightning address on nostr

k00b

SN elects to go noncustodial on Nov. 5th - FAQ & AMA

I am a bit new to all this technology

After creating my account here, I used the Stacker News wallet for the 'Lightning address'  of my Nostr account - and was happy with that very simple setup.

Will that new change impacts the Nostr setup?