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17 comments \ @saloon 19 Jan 2022 \ yesterday

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 20 Jan 2022

It's cool to see that StackerNews works well for reading without JavaScript.

2 sats \ 4 replies \ @Cointastical_ 19 Jan 2022

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1 sat \ 2 replies \ @k00b 19 Jan 2022

lol your bio. On the next update I push

I'll rename your account
block the username
redirect any /statistics to /satistics

1 sat \ 1 reply \ @Cointastical_ 19 Jan 2022 freebie

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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @k00b 19 Jan 2022

Thanks for letting me know! I thought I had blocked that username … not sure what to do about it yet

1 sat \ 2 replies \ @cointastical 19 Jan 2022

Suggestion:

Add Lightning Address⚡ automatically as a field in every account's profile / bio.

Or, if not automatic, maybe make like a checkbox to enable? (or a field, pre-filled with nym, but can be changed, if I want to use a lightning address for a different wallet?)

I had to use code so it wouldn't get a mailto: URI.

4 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 19 Jan 2022

Yep, I want to do a tipping interface on profiles - not just ln addr but

sn user -> sn user
or bolt11 invoice
or ln addr

I have an issue for it: https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/issues/12

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @cointastical 19 Jan 2022

Oh, cool. I see it ... the "pay me bitcoin" feature.

Also cool, how did I not know that markdown had checkboxes?

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4 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 19 Jan 2022

We have our first Sybil upvoted post: How to create Bitcoin trading strategies which is thwarted by the WoT ranking.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @cointastical 19 Jan 2022

Is that WoT just serving as like an A/B comparison, for now?

i.e., eventually the front page will be populated by the algo populating WoT?

(and assuming at that point /rss would then match the WoT ?)

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 19 Jan 2022

Yep, just A/B. It'll probably go live on the front page by Feb and on the rss feed then too.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @cointastical 19 Jan 2022

There's no way to increase the boost after submitting a post.

So is upvoting from another account is the only way to help get a post in the front page if the initial boost (and organic upvotes) is not sufficient?

2 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 19 Jan 2022

Yes. In earlier versions of the site, posts could be boosted after the fact by any user (not just the OP), but no one was using it and it made the tipping UX more complicated.

In the future, I suspect variable boost will be removed in favor of a fixed cost for boost with a guarantee that it'll be seen.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @BTCMiner 19 Jan 2022

What's the best way to quote text that has @Twitter usernames without that creating a link for that handle on SN?

E.g.,

$SQ @blocks, with @jack at the helm, continues to lead the way for bitcoin adoption in the mobile payments sector with its integration of #Bitcoin Lightning Network into @CashApp.

https://twitter.com/btc/status/1483547673382862854

Of course, those are Twitter usernames and not SN users.

I found I could use Code for that, but that's probably best used only for actual code.

$SQ @blocks, with @jack at the helm, continues to lead the way for bitcoin
adoption in the mobile payments sector with its integration of #Bitcoin
Lightning Network into @CashApp.

Suggestions?

3 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 19 Jan 2022

I've noticed people making that mistake too. If you create a link out of it like @jack it works as expected. The markdown for this looks like this:

[@jack](https://twitter.com/jack)

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @cointastical 19 Jan 2022

Oh, ... ya, I forgot that method. A bit more work than just copy and paste, but that's a reasonable workaround.