Is it being judged on actual ability and content or popularity? Ill be the first to say I absolutely do not think I am the best here, however I can clearly see there seems to be a popularity contest happening if we are judging by sats...
We actually discussed it among ourselves. It is a good question. When I award sats for best five posts in the bitcoin beginner territory, I stopped being bound by strict zaprank. In practice, it has turned out to usually be accurate, at least from my narrow and probably biased perspective. Either that or I'm lazy. I do reserve veto power there. I do think zaprank should be used in judging, but I wrestle with how much it should be relied upon.
win/lose. Popular/unpopular. Victory/defeat. None of that matters if you have nothing to prove. The world will love you and hate you if you live hard enough in it. It's fickle.
While I appreciate that it is new to you, I was around when Bitcoin was unleashed along with some others around here I'm sure. The only reason it became valuable in the first place was due to Wikileaks. It sat around for quite some time before that. This, of course, implies that some people with fiat money had to get behind it, which by extension means that the custody of the chain was screwed around with and the network format that it was designed to model was changed. Hence, Bitcoin will value what its keepers value as a primary rule. Since its kingdom was built on Wikileaks, which held a lot of nasty kinds of things in its files, it will have a huge challenge to overcome supporting "dirty" things versus "clean" things.
What I like about the experiment is that it can change the publishing chain of command--I don't realistically expect it to reflect the value of the pieces involved, but admit it would be a pleasant surprise.
The story will also be published and promoted on the 21 Futures site and socials.
Who?
To all Stackers, we need your help to judge the competition.
Whether you submit a story or not, please support others and help make Fiction Month a success.
How?
By reading, zapping, and commenting on the stories you enjoy, you'll help send them up the rankings.
57 entries? That's a huge success, if you ask me. I didn't read them all, just a few, which is probably not fair because I only zapped a couple. But big props to all the participants and especially to the organizers @Scoresby and @siggy47!
I know this is said so often insincerely, and I don't mean this in "everybody should get a trophy" way, but in this case it's true. It is a shame that there are only 10 (or 11) winners. I'm going to do my best to make sure that overlooked gems in this batch get deserved exposure.
It was truly a fantastic experience for me to participate in this event. I know I'm not going to win, not even close, but it was incredibly special for me, not only to write but also to read the stories of the other forum members. It awakened a talent I didn't even know I had.
I hope to have better entries for the next edition and to have learned to write better.
Can’t believe two years have flown by since I joined in March 2023! It’s been a great experience using the Stacker.News project. Really impressed with the way you’re developing it—keep up the awesome work!