Baby Stacker Corner #1Baby Stacker Corner #1

It's been a week since #828163.

This week, we had 35 new stackers (only counting the ones that created a bio):

If you wonder why I mentioned you, here's what I mentioned last week:

[...] I knew that there must be many new stackers that I did not welcome in any way and thus missed out on many opportunities to find out where they came from or make sure they have a good start and aren't greeted with silence. I only reply to new bios when I randomly see them while scrolling through recent and the bio doesn't sound like a bot.

Then I remembered that one of the strengths of SN is that the site we're building is also the feedback channel from/to our users. It cannot be understated how valuable this is as was mentioned in this panel at 16:56.

So why not play to our strengths and create regular posts that welcome new stackers?

At the same time:

• we can ask them where they found out about SN
• ask them how the (non-existent) onboarding was
• ask if they have any good or bad feedback
• give them another chance to introduce themselves
• they can see how other new stackers in their "cohort" "performed"

Additionally, old stackers can:

• talk about their interactions with them
• check them out and engage with them
• zap the ones worth zapping

Welcome to Stacker News and I hope you had a good first week even though it was the week we switched to non-custodial!