Darthcoin made a post about how SN should remove rewards and leaderboards and let people pay. I wonder how many of you were commenting and posting for free? Obviously, you all were paying for posting and commenting, which is why this platform was created.

Now he thinks he owns this platform and will decide how it should be run. SN is a platform, but it’s different from Reddit, X, Facebook, Twitch, Threads, Bluesky, etc. This is a pay-to-post platform as well as an earning one too because you get zapped. You can either use them to zap others or make posts (which is what most people are doing). Did you ever read the old tweets from Stacker News when they were launched? They talked about how many sats users had earned, and it’s clear they want to grow their user base which every platform needs to survive. Darth wants to hit the main nerve of SN which makes users happy and keeps them posting. Without it, people will move to Nostr or they might see less engagement too. Here's what k00b's bio says on X "Reddit gives you upvotes. We give you bitcoin."

Now he’ll cry, “Assmilkers are getting sats!” But that’s definitely not how rewards work. You can check comments on his post about removing rewards. Undisciplined who didn't supported it #796250 he also told "They are planning to decentralize the rewards, with each territory having its own. That would do a lot of what you want, without taking away something that is fundamental to how SN functions", Desertdave "like the idea of it all being the same as it is but no leaderboard to look at, comparing ourselves to each other. Then it would be a surprise each day what the rewards were. The rewards help motivate me to want to put out posts each day. Maybe I am an ass-milker. 🤷‍♂️ And I am definitely clueless so this probably isn't a topic I am qualified to share on. That's how I feel though." (I wonder now he might get mad at them too) and many more people who simply disagreed to his "Open Proposal". The main issue is he doesn’t want SN to grow its user base, unlike @Desertdave, who supports introducing new users to Bitcoin through SN. It’s simple: if you don’t like certain content, just downzap it and move on. There’s no need to harass people with disgusting memes and demeaning them

It’s clear that SN is a platform that needs a strong user base, and rewards are key to that. Even k00b and ek have signaled that the rewards program will be improved. So let’s focus on building this community instead of tearing it.