This is @DesertDave original post in ~alter_native #734522

On my podcast It’s So Early! I recorded myself reading it out loud so the @Golu @Coinsreporter brothers could listen, and also offered my own thoughts. Here is the link to the episode on fountain [8:28]: https://fountain.fm/episode/wNJ944bP65tCuJ0MdQGb

Here is the transcript of my thoughts after I read his post. Please start your judgment of me with one of the following: [NTA]: Not the A-hole [YTA]: You’re the A-hole [NAH]: No A-holes here [ESH]: Everyone Sucks Here

I love you too, @DesertDave, and I've given you the best compliment of saying that you're a great listener. Then therefore, this is my pitch to you that I hope you do not tell me that I, @realBitcoindog, that I am the a-hole. You are absolutely right. We are so lucky to have Stacker News. This is a place that has become your alternative overall, the whole site, all of it. And while you had the best of intentions founding your Territory, they were misguided. You see, it's all about stacking sats when it comes to making a Territory. I know I made a post saying it's about making friends and not stacking sats, but let's be real. Your Territory has a cost. It's 100,000 sats a month, and you have a dream to pay 3 million sats to own a Territory for a lifetime. If Bitcoin wasn't scarce, if there wasn't digital scarcity, you wouldn't even be asking this question. But ultimately, you're not getting traffic. You're not driving engagement. And it's big of you to face those facts. You're very mature to recognize that you can still have a fantastic time in Stacker News in other Territories.

But when you make a Territory, you need controversy. You need gossip. You need it to be obvious that people want to make a post, and it goes in your Territory. So of course, you can make a Territory called love. But what's the next step of love? Not love. Relationship advice. Gossip. Everyone loves gossip to weigh in. Who was the right person? Who was the wrong person? How do you fix them? But ultimately, that leads to the greatest controversy, the things everybody loves, AITA.

Am I the a-hole? Please, online community who doesn't know me in real life, who doesn't know my personality traits, or the nuance of every conversation, and is only hearing my side, please validate me and tell me that I am the one who is right and they're all wrong. That is a Territory that would drive spice in life. That is a Territory that would get people to click, to get that cheap feeling of satisfaction that they're better than the OP. Does that fit your personality at all, @DesertDave? I'm not sure. But hearing myself cackle at the idea of it, it's clearly mine. But I'll admit, it's going to be tough for me to get permission from my spouse to support me with 100,000 sats to even do this Territory for a month. But it's fun. I'm on paternity leave.

I'm obsessed with Stacker News. So let this be my call to find out, is there anyone who will split the sats with me so that we can charter this Territory together? Thank you, @DesertDave. You finally inspired me. What's a Territory that I would want to start? Am I the a-hole? You tell me, audience. You tell me, stackers. Till next time. Peace. Oh, and it's so early!