705 sats \ 0 replies \ @jimmysong OP 20 Apr \ parent \ on: Halving Fee Chaos bitcoin
At a certain point, you have to make a choice between engaging online and living life. Once you get to a certain audience size, answering questions takes more time from your day than you have. I used to engage and answer questions and like all the comments and so on, but it just became unsustainable.
Take this post, for instance. I posted it and then went to bed and I wake up 8 hours later with 20+ comments. If I thoughtfully replied to each one, that would easily be 2 hours (even this comment is a good 10 minutes). Now multiply by all the other platforms (I post on 6, and this place is one of the least populated). Do the math, it's unsustainable.
But also mentally, it's very hard to be doing that much writing and thinking and arguing. My mind also needs breaks. And frankly, I need that willpower and energy to play with my kids, do deep dives into new signature schemes and work out. You only have so much in a day.
So like a Bitcoin node's mempool, I pick and choose. I engage once in a while on what I think provides the most value. Sorry if your question or comment doesn't make the cut, but honestly, you're a stranger on the internet. My family, friends, faith, finances and fitness all take priority.
Update:
Apparently, there's a minting process that was added to the Runes protocol, so you have to first commit to the symbol using a hash and then reveal some number of blocks later. I was going off of the initial blog post, but a few people have pointed me to the update of the protocol because they saw this same problem. Thus, the one dollar auction dynamic does not happen, though there's plenty of altcoins being launched. There's already over 1000 new altcoins either minted or in the process of being minted on it.
I looked briefly through your other posts and I can't believe no one has suggested the most obvious:
Get some sleep.
Biggest hack for everything. If you have some free time and the kids are awake, go take care of them so your wife can take a nap. Or if she has energy, do the reverse. You're sleep deprived when you're a parent, especially with young children, so prioritize the one thing you're not getting.
I have an episode coming up that inspired this post which will delve into this exact topic: dealing with envy. Stay tuned!
I started using them on Twitter back in the day to get a better idea of my audience. That changed when a friend of mine saw a poll of mine and said, I have to get back to my desk so I can vote in your poll.
There's something about polls that encourages engagement, and that's why I was lobbying for it a few years ago. Most of these sites have way more lurkers than posters/commenters, and polls are a good way to bridge that gap. For instance, most of my posts don't get more than 10 comments on average. A poll easily gets 30 votes at least.
Essentially, it's an easy way to get people to not just read, but participate.
"Those who are best at asking for money win the money."
That's also true of Venture Capital and government contractors and many other things.