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105 sats \ 1 reply \ @StackerNewsFeed 1 Feb 2022
Twitter Analytics results for @StackerNewsFeed for January 2022:
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 1 Feb 2022
Dang! That's pretty impressive
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @KenyaCoin 1 Feb 2022
Not sure how this happened, .... One Post, but ended up showing two records
#9439
#9440
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 1 Feb 2022
You sure it wasn't a double click?
The button should be disabled after hitting it the first time so I thought even that would not be possible.
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15 sats \ 0 replies \ @cointastical 1 Feb 2022
Submitted issue #94
Block duplicate post from same user same post #94
https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/issues/94
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44 sats \ 5 replies \ @LibreLoya 1 Feb 2022
Can we have ASK SN "bounty posts"?
I recently posted a question but got no answer. I would love to have the ability to set a bounty for the best answer. That way the users are incentivized to provide quality answers, and the posters to use the platform as a source of truth for the best answers.
This was the question:
#9335
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @nout 1 Feb 2022
You can mention the bounty in the title or in your post... That gives you more freedom who you choose to pay in the end, etc
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1 sat \ 3 replies \ @k00b 1 Feb 2022
It'd be kind of cool to have an obligation to pay, kind of like a 99 Designs contest.
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @LibreLoya 1 Feb 2022
Also stackoverflow almost always has a "best answer". I don't know if the OP selects it, or the users or the algorithm.
- the "best answer" can get the bounty automatically.
- the 'bounty post' can have a special icon (like the pin post).
This will be another way to monetize stackernews, in a paid-quora/ask-experts kind of way.
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @k00b 1 Feb 2022
The OP on Stack Overflow marks it as the answer.
All good ideas though.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @LibreLoya 1 Feb 2022
Yes, I imagine some users will filter for 'bounty included' posts to try and answer as much questions as they have knowledge in (to make money in the platform).
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 1 Feb 2022
This is interesting table showing different aspects of decentralization. SN is currently top left. Where is SN going to be in future?
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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryptocoin 31 Jan 2022
Suggestion ...
When I have notifications, there's a little red square notifying me.
My suggestions is to make that into a link. So I can click it directly, which is faster than using the drop-down.
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 31 Jan 2022
I created a gh issue: https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/issues/87
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24 sats \ 3 replies \ @thrown 31 Jan 2022
I forgot to add Sats to my post during the creation process. And I can't add booster sats after it's already made.
Would be nice if I could "boost" after I create a thread. In fact, some may choose to boost one of their older threads later on in order to "extend the life" of the thread!
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5 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 31 Jan 2022
Would allowing boost within the edit window be good enough? You wouldn't be able to lower the amount, but you could increase it.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryptocoin 31 Jan 2022
Yes, that would work!
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6 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 31 Jan 2022
Okay, created an issue for it: https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/issues/86
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @cointastical 31 Jan 2022
After listening to the SN Live show, I learned that all the good nyms of Twitter and domains are still available on SN, and then I thought about the scammers who will be coming, impersonating @Saylor, or whatever, to scam.
Someone has @Twitter already, but it will be just a matter of time before someone with the nym @Binance posts something like "Claim your free BNB", and the link is a password stealer or maybe just referral spam? Who knows. Same for @Coinbase, @Kraken, etc. and @Vitalik, etc.
Any plan to counter that?
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8 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 31 Jan 2022
Nothing yet. I don't have a problem deleting/censoring outright scams though.
WoT should help them sit low in ranking. We've also discussed having flagging features and federating that around the most trusted users (we have ~100 users who are maximally trusted right now).
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15 sats \ 9 replies \ @MinnFinTech 31 Jan 2022 freebie
SN needs an SN Tips post, ... or "style guide for beginners", (like a SN best practices or something like that).
For instance, posting a link to a podcast, ... I see @ThrillerX_ prefixed a post's title with the 🎧 headphones emoji. Perfect -- I can tell that SN Post is for a podcast / audio without having to click.
How about something for video links? (e.g., Youtube, Rumble, whatever). This? 🎥
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryptocoin 1 Feb 2022
And to indicate that the post is for an image ...
📸
Seen in this Tweet:
📸 Oldest known image of the first #Bitcoin website, taken 13 years ago today
#9437
https://twitter.com/pete_rizzo_/status/1488151514195673090
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15 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout 1 Feb 2022
I'm probably oldschool, but I'm not fan of non-text in the post titles. Just put (Podcast) in the parentheses after it... :)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MinnFinTech 1 Feb 2022
OK, Boomer.
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2 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 31 Jan 2022
Many people have asked for post guidelines. This is a good idea. Anyone have anything else they'd like to be in there?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cointastical 1 Feb 2022
I see this issue in Github:
Create code of conduct for site and for repo #47
https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/issues/47
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5 sats \ 3 replies \ @cameri 31 Jan 2022
How about posts with a link to reputable domains show a checkmark (green perhaps?). Hovering over the checkmark shows "verified external domain" or something. It's a matter of time before someone starts posting links to fake/scam websites.
The first verified domains could be the top 100-250 domains already posted on the platform.
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1 sat \ 2 replies \ @MinnFinTech 1 Feb 2022
IMO,
That introduces an uneven playing field that benefits the incumbents,
and
slippery slope towards censorship.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @cameri 1 Feb 2022
Maybe you are right about the uneven playing field. The WoT does not make it an even field for everyone posting already so this wasn't too far a stretch IMO.
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 1 Feb 2022
It'd hard to determine which domains are reputable in a reliable way - this an entire business in itself.
I'm not sure it's necessary either. Trusted users won't upvote scams so scams shouldn't rank high.
Happy to change my mind though.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryptocoin 31 Jan 2022
Whoah, ... that's cool how the Twitter embed will render the parent Tweet as well!
e.g.,
Gemini sponsors Real Bedford (Bedford FC was renamed after purchase by Peter McCormack)
#9356
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