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33 sats \ 12 replies \ @DavidoftheDesert OP 27 Dec \ parent \ on: New thoughts on the leaderboard and rewards pool alter_native
Maybe. The board is a at least a great guide on who to zap to climb the ranks. Ever notice how k00b commonly gets 1000+sats on his posts. I wonder why that is? Is it because he offers the best content by far? Maybe.
Dave, are you making the case for what the others are calling assmilkers? I don’t think everybody can zap tons of sats out to lots of other people, especially for trash. Discernment plays a big part but so does the wealth factor. I think those that have lots of sats to give are probably giving them, while the rest of us are doing as we can.
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I am saying the CORE of stacker needs to change or else it will always be overrun by "assmilkers". The leaderboard is easy to game. I know, because I do it. Stacker ideally would have the same sexy front end and functionallity, but be backed by nostr. Maybe territories could be nearly free to create but mostly invisible until they prove useful. Maybe this isn't doable. I have no idea. I am clueless.
But...
what I do see is...
as stacker currently is
it looks like a ponzi
Even with the best intentions, men are only men and if there is a game with strings. Men will pull the strings to win more.
Could be wrong. I am just sharing my new POV.
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Have you tried sharing your POV with the developers? They would be the ones to make the changes you think are proper.
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Yes, I have.
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These are completely valid points, but I would reframe them a bit.
Are k00b's posts the best by far? No. There are lots of great creators.
Are k00b's posts worth 1000 sats? Almost always.
That means others are being underzapped. Be the change and zap the other good creators. The rewards system incentivizes exactly that.
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Are k00b's posts worth 1000 sats?
No way.
You must be pricing your stack in USD.
Or playing a rigged game where people have forgotten about the value of a satoshi.
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Could it be that subjectively, @k00b’s posts are worth 1000 to somebody, just not you? I can’t zap for thousands per post, even if I liked it very much. I have to have sats before I can zap sats. It looks a lot like the “liquidity trap” that the Keynesians believe in.
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If you scroll through his posts (like I just did), you'll see that dozens of stackers regularly zap his posts. There's nothing at all strange about people who use the site he made zapping him 10's of sats.
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Oh, that I can believe!! Without developers, there would be no SN and no opportunity to converse or assmilk take advantage of others. I guess that parasites always are in a war with the hosts and evolution goes on!
The only question that remains would be,
“Do you want to be a host or a parasite?”
I know which way I choose.reply
I have been hosting for sure. Darthcoin helped me see this. I am done with that type of exchange all together now. I will continue making posts like this until there is a change. And I am slowly going to start moving to something nostr based. As, I don't see a desire for change here.
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Ok, well value is in the eye of the beholder.
I'm not pricing in USD, btw. There are hundreds of people here everyday enjoying what he built, so the idea that he averages a couple of sats per stacker hardly seems outrageous.
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I guess, in a way, we are paying @k00b upfront for improvements he is making in the environment. I don’t have a problem with that, at all. I see the value there.
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