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POLL: Stacker News Slogan
923 sats \ 31 comments \ @sn 3h meta
The current Stacker News slogans (what is in the bio on X and nostr) are:
Reddit gives you upvotes. We give you bitcoin.
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Trying to fix online communities with economics.
Which of the following is the best update?
Pay to post. Zap to like.31.6%
Browse less, learn more.26.3%
Say something with value or GFY.15.8%
Less slop, more zaps.26.3%
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260 sats \ 14 replies \ @k00b 3h
My favorite atm: "Spend to say. Earn to stay." (We've been dumping a bunch of these in chat this afternoon.)
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0 sats \ 11 replies \ @Undisciplined 3h
I do not like that
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64 sats \ 10 replies \ @k00b 3h
why for
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0 sats \ 9 replies \ @Undisciplined 3h
Good question. It was a visceral response. Something about it hurt my brain.
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42 sats \ 5 replies \ @SimpleStacker 3h
How about "Come to earn. Stay to learn."
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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 2h
Following on k00b's point that it should be weird and frustrating:
Burn to learn. Yearn to earn.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 3h
Should those be switched?
Maybe not. That is the order that worked on me.
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42 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 3h
Copywriting benefits from being weird like that. You might only remember a slogan for the pain it caused.
This slogan I have to read 10's of times to get comfortable with it. Every read digs its barbs deeper in my memory. Strangely, it makes perfect sense in terms of semantics and couldn't be shorter - it's just kind of a tongue twister.
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 3h
Good point. Enjoying it is less important than remembering it.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 3h
e.g. Trumps typos and misphrasings and factual inaccuracies are painful, but I never re-read a Joe Biden tweet 10 times to figure it out. I only vaguely recall Joe Biden having a presence on twitter as a result.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 3h
If we think it's better to not make it a tongue twister, we could do:
"Pay to post. Earn to stay."
Comparatively, it's boring, but it is explicit, brutally plain, and proposes a challenge.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @rootmachine 3h
This one is really good.
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241 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker 3h
I like @Car's "The Front Page of Bitcoin". Even if it's not exactly true, it's true enough to not be false advertising.
If that's too bitcoin-specific, I'd go with something like, "Value-for-value online communities"
I think "Like Reddit, but we pay Bitcoin" is great for helping people understand what SN is, but I also think many people have a negative association of Reddit now
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165 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 3h
The Reddit comparison is what peeked my interest, but ultimately I don't think SN's slogan should reference another site.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 3h
I don't think SN's slogan should reference another site.
Yeah, I agree
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152 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 3h
This one is a no brainer, @Car's living in 2030 and knows what's up
Automatically makes anyone in Bitcoin curious enough to at least check it out
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 3h
I've wondered about something really simple like "Be heard"
What's the biggest point of dissatisfaction with the rest of social media? What's the most direct way to address it?
For me, the biggest frustration was low engagement (both qualitatively and quantitatively).
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 3h
Here's one that just came to me: "The Front Page of Bitcoin"
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 3h
Car already uses that all the time
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 3h
What are the odds?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0987bcca87 1h freebie
Okay
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @hasherstacker 1h
Come for the income. Stay for the outcome.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @unschooled 2h
honestly, as great as these all are i feel you've done something really great with the cowboy/western theme and none of these really reflects this.
imho, you have a strong brand and the slogan should keep leaning into that.
the social frontier of bitcoin
for a few sats more
we're not web 3, we're web free
yee-haw
prospectin' for bitcoin
fistfulls of bitcoin
where keyboard cowboys get paid in bitcoin
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 2h
"Joakim Book bet good money on Prydx that we will die."
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 2h
Come to stack master the zap
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 3h
"Pay to post" probably scares people away. But it may also attract those who are really frustrated by the dynamics of social media elsewhere.
Also @DarthCoin says it a lot.
Have we considered "Make them pay"?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 3h
Teach, Learn, Curate. Stack sats!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 3h
#987530
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