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Baby Stacker Corner #10

whole series: #0, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9

15 new stackers have found their way to Stacker News this week!

Questions for the new stackers:

How did you find out about SN?
How difficult was it to get started? Any feedback?
How much experience do you have with lightning?
Have you read the FAQ already?
Have you realized that you need to attach a wallet to receive sats?
How was your first week on SN?

nym	bio (stacking since)	items	sats/ccs stacked	sat standard
@stackamill	Apr 7	3	21/0	1.00
@Franciawrites	Apr 7	2	93/799	0.10
@DashingViolet	Apr 6	3	36/15	0.71
@SunTz	Apr 6	3	0/0	0.00
@ValueStockX	Apr 6	12	1700/526	0.76
@lopez	Apr 6	1	0/261	0.00
@bitblock	Apr 6	1	0/0	0.00
@cachimbeiro_1980	Apr 6	1	0/62	0.00
@posilicious	Apr 6	4	0/69	0.00
@Mikver07	Apr 5 (Apr 3)	2	0/65	0.00
@StackerJack	Apr 5	46	303/810	0.27
@ABdeRoyse	Apr 4	4	0/530	0.00
@klk	Apr 4	6	0/1656	0.00
@EconVerse	Apr 4	20	4505/951	0.83
@R7	Apr 4	3	0/192	0.00

sat standard = ratio of received sats vs credits (sats/(sats+credits))

Questions for the old stackers:

Anyone in there who you want to point out?
Do you know better questions I could ask the new stackers or you?

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200 sats \ 5 replies \ @StackerJack 8 Apr

New stacker here....and @grayruby...

Found SN? Randomly on r/Bitcoin when someone mentioned it in a "where do we go after Reddit burns down?" thread.

Getting started? Easy, but the site looks like it was designed by a coder who hates colors. And the Cowboy Credits? I thought this was some weird cowboy RPG at first...

Lightning skills? I've zapped a Sat or two in my time...

FAQ? Skimmed it like a Terms of Service—only read the parts when I messed something up.

Wallet? Added one.... just need the phone and keys now!

First week? Decent, maybe went a little crazy with posts, but was just trying to find out how active communities are here. Kinda feels like half the posts are just Bitcoiners yelling at ghosts. Needs more users, more weirdos, and fewer manifestos lol

79 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 8 Apr

Thanks for sharing your early experience. SN has a lot more discussion than just bitcoin. There are over 50 territories but granted we are all bitcoiners and it is a small community so Bitcoin posts tend to attract more attention, comments and zaps.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @StackerJack 8 Apr

Oh for sure, as I've discovered from my first few days here. Very glad to have found this community, time will only bring more growth!

Just like one very favourable digital asset we all know and love...

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek OP 8 Apr

I keep waiting for a "turn on dark mode" button that doesn't exist.

We have dark mode, the button is in the footer:

just need the phone and keys now!

I don't understand, wdym with that?

Thanks for your reply!

44 sats \ 1 reply \ @StackerJack 8 Apr

Ah, thank you sir!

And cos when you're heading out the door, you check for your wallet, phone and keys! 🤓

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek OP 8 Apr

Ah, I see, haha

140 sats \ 1 reply \ @DashingViolet 8 Apr

1: How did you find out about SN?

I set up an Alby Hub not too long ago to DCA over lightning, and I saw it in the connections area

2: How difficult was it to get started? Any feedback?

Setting up was pretty smooth, though I tried to "log in" with nostr a few times before I realised I needed to "sign up" first.

3: How much experience do you have with lightning?

I've had my Alby Hub set up for a few months now, but before that my only "experience" was listening to boosts on certain podcasts.

4: Have you read the FAQ already?

I really only glanced at it to discern the difference between CCs and Sats, and to figure out what a territory is.

5: Have you realized that you need to attach a wallet to receive sats?

That was the first thing I did, since I got on through my wallet application.

6: How was your first week on SN?

I think that it's an excellent concept, and there is a lot of really great content on here, but its strength is also its weakness. Since SN is pretty new, and part of the greater "Bitcoin community" (if there is such a thing), the postings are pretty much exclusively things that appeal most---if not exclusively---to Bitcoiners. Obviously I'm a Bitcoiner, but I have other interests too! As it stands, nearly all of the posts on the front page are at least finance-related, if not directly bitcoin-related. Obviously the solution to this is to "do it myself", but when the posts that receive the most sats are the posts that engage the greatest number of zappers (people with a deep interest in Bitcoin), it's hard to break through. V4V music has somewhat of the same problem (many songs are songs about Bitcoin), though it has been getting better recently. I suppose that's what it means to be an early adopter though.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek OP 8 Apr

I set up an Alby Hub not too long ago to DCA over lightning, and I saw it in the connections area

That's cool! @Alby is also on SN; we're pretty good friends with them. I would say most stackers use Alby Hub afaik.

Setting up was pretty smooth, though I tried to "log in" with nostr a few times before I realised I needed to "sign up" first.

Yeah, we unfortunately don't expose a helpful error message currently. We have a ticket for it, and I just increased the priority on it. Thanks for the feedback!

the postings are pretty much exclusively things that appeal most---if not exclusively---to Bitcoiners

That's true and you explained why that is the case very well.

I suppose that's what it means to be an early adopter though.

Yes, it should get better over time. The release of territories improved it by a lot (before, there was only ~bitcoin, ~meta, ~nostr and ~tech) but we still have a long way to go.

For example, when territories have their own reward pools, people no longer have to compete for the (global) front page as much. Founders should then have the tools to make reaching the front page of their territory is rewarding enough. So hang in there :)

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @klk 8 Apr

How did you find out about SN? -> From google searches about Bitcoin/LN. How difficult was it to get started? Any feedback? -> Pretty good. Only confusing part is the wallet setup. How much experience do you have with lightning? -> I already ran a routing node. Have you read the FAQ already? -> Yes. Have you realized that you need to attach a wallet to receive sats? -> Yes, done. How was your first week on SN? -> Super cool! Hyped by zaps and rewards and happy about the general vibe of the community.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 8 Apr

A few new stackers were very active this week.

@ValueStockX @StackerJack and @EconVerse how are you enjoying Stacker News?

138 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 7 Apr

At least the AI slop accounts seem to do a pretty good job attaching a wallet immediately.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 7 Apr

Wild

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek OP 7 Apr

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