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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Scoresby 9 Jul \ parent \ on: POLL: Stacker News Slogan meta
I'm coming around to this view.
I used to be pretty adamant that there should always be free paths and that "pay to post" was not the most attractive aspect of SN, but my experiences on Reddit and X have left me feeling that a sizable group of people may be willing to pay some small amount to escape the constant bot, spam, ai slop fest without aggressive moderation.
The problem with freebie posts that are limited in visibility is that it's a horrible first experience. You sign up, you put some hard work into writing a post and it just dies and feels like nobody cares. Is the number of people who bounce because of that experience greater or less than the number of people who would bounce because they are told they have to pay to post?
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102 sats \ 3 replies \ @deSign_r 9 Jul
Cowboys will have freebies enabled and will be their job to zap and uplift good freebie content. maybe is not working like that yet
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby 9 Jul
I have wild west mode enabled. the only freebie content that shows up in my feed are bios. Freebie comments never show up for me.
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102 sats \ 1 reply \ @deSign_r 9 Jul
Maybe has to do with disable freebies?
Yes correct, that's the option that allow stackers to see freebies
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 9 Jul
No, I believe that only has to do with the things you post as a user, not the things you see from other users.
From the tooltip:
Some comments can be created without paying. However, those comments have limited visibility.
If you disable freebies, you will always pay for your comments and get standard visibility.
If you attach a sending wallet, we disable freebies for you unless you have checked/unchecked this value already.
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