There's lots of talk about how value being associated with things is a source of signal. Most memorably for me in Max Webster's How to Disrupt Google. Also, stackers have repeatedly voiced expectations that sats affect ranking. So, we're giving it a shot.

Sats now affect ranking. The more you tip a post, the more you can affect ranking.

I've applied this to the site retroactively, and you can see the affect on top already which was formerly dominated by meta stuff. As with all things on SN, this is subject to change, but this is how it works for now.

Are sats good for anything other than saving? We'll see I guess. 😉

We have some small changes we'll make to the job board. Then we are going to work on splits, both making them more configurable (to something other than 100%) and allowing for group discussions. Group discussions will allow posts to be started with multiple OPs, all splitting tips and getting reply notifications, allowing for things like debates and group AMAs. After that I'll probably revisit auth to add support for slashtags and Breez (finally). After that, who knows.

Happy holidays! 🦃