I agree. The pitch I heard for SN was that it's reddit but with zaps. I still think that's the best pitch for getting people to check it out. Then, they see how the other pieces fit together (paying to post and receiving rewards).

I think it should be easier to get started without spending much up front. That could be done by allowing one freebie post and ten freebie comments per day (SN could even get paid back by zaps first before the OP gets any). That would let people get started without needing to attach wallets or even have any sats.

That's not true. Time and effort are the majority of the costs of posting. Fees are trivial. Putting a lot of effort into a post that only gets a few hundred sats kind of stinks, whether it's in a territory charging 100 sats or one charging 10.

I totally agree about needing personalized discovery, which we had before and presumably will have again.

I also agree that people pick up the habit of zapping. It takes a little time to learn that good zapping will come back around and you won't empty your wallet.

It's a great question. I think we'd see far more versions of very popular stories, like there would be hundreds of Marvel and Star Wars movies by now, but fewer remakes of more minor properties.

I don't disagree with wanting it to be accessible. I think there are ways to do this that are compatible with a viable business model though.

There's no viable business model without users who are willing to zap content. At present, the problem is that fringe posts don't generate enough zaps for people to bother, not that there aren't enough fringe posts.

It was a tough year, but we adopted another dog and taking care of her has helped us move on.

I don't know, they've clearly gotten better while the Vikings and Lions probably got worse. I think it'll be really tight.

I have no reason to think those are the options. I've experimented with much lower posting fees and some territories still have low posting fees and no one is getting that kind of engagement.

In fact, posting frequency didn't decline dramatically as fees rose from 1 to 10 to the variety we have today.

In spirit, though, I think higher fees increase signal quality and decrease signal quantity, so finding a balance is important. Prices have to coordinate many competing interests, which is why there aren't obvious one-size-fits all solutions to these problems.

Not something I care about, beyond the kinds of precautions you mentioned.

My understanding is that the reason microplastics are everywhere is because they’re so inert. If they were dangerously reactive, they would have reacted with stuff before getting into our food and water.

What do they like doing?

More and more, I think people should start there and see if there’s a path to making a living off of it.

Stacker News needs to be able to financially support itself. If they stick to raising revenue solely from territory fees, then they should use parameters that are plausibly going to work and let the rest evolve around that.

Eventually, we’ll have subterritories, which could have lower fees.

You have to think about what the fees do. Even when they were 100k per month, it wasn’t clear that SN could be supported with that revenue. At 10k, it’s preposterous.

Having control over those settings is part of the value of buying a territory and it’s unlikely each territory has the same optimal settings.

I think this is a better topic for a Foundry meeting than a SN reform.

I am planning on doing another round of fee lowering in ~Econ, once the comment fee experiment wraps up.

For now, the issue isn’t too few territories, it’s too few users to sustain them.

Fasting is such a great habit. Even on days when you don’t fast, being accustomed to eating less often reduces your hunger and limits how much you eat.

Nice

Don’t underestimate the value of sleep or your body’s own rhythm.

That’s tough. A friend of mine was tried fostering a dog and it was the same story. She was devastated when the dog was placed with a permanent home.

Hanging is something I could pretty easily add. What are the main benefits?

Are you aware that sushi burritos exist?

That’s great. Even the little stretching I do irregularly feels like it helps.

Do you have to wake up early?