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64 sats \ 21 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 15h \ parent \ on: Are Stacker News Rewards Too Salient or Are They Not Too Salient Enough? meta

Will there ever be a replacement for Reddit?

If so, why wouldn't it be Stacker News?

42 sats \ 20 replies \ @Coinsreporter 15h

I'm not a fan of Reddit. But I wanna break the myth so....It's a far fetched lie that SN will ever replace reddit. However the truth is that It'll or it has already successfully replaced r/Bitcoin.

189 sats \ 19 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 15h

It might be far-fetched but also platforms are much less permanent than we imagine them to be.

There are a lot of people who love the Reddit format but hate how Reddit is managed. Stacker News is for all of them and they just have to figure that out.

42 sats \ 18 replies \ @Coinsreporter 15h

BTW There are also people who hate how SN is managed.

I actually don't wanna compare SN to any other platforms. It's unique.

21 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 15h

We can acknowledge that SN is it's own thing without pretending it isn't more like some things than others.

It's a much more natural fit for Reddit refugees than TikTok refugees.

42 sats \ 5 replies \ @Coinsreporter 15h

Yes I agree in this sense. I'm sure you've listened about 'Quora'. I think SN is closest to it, not reddit.

21 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 15h

I'm familiar with Quora but I haven't followed anything going on with it.

62 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 14h

Personally, I think Quora is what other social medias should be. I’m not a fan of Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, and so on. It becomes too much about me, “look at my perfect life”. I generally love to see people share their stories to the benefits of others and that's where quora excels.

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter 15h

I think it's not much popular in USA because reddit is all over there. It's very popular for discussions in India and Europe or in many parts of the world. I often find good content there, although it has almost nothing for Bitcoin related discussions.

I'd have ranked SN closer to Bitcoin talk but I see SN has versatility in content like quora has.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 15h

You're right that we don't think about Quora much, but I can see how it's pretty similar.

Do they just have simple up and down votes for answers or do they have a bunch of other random crap like Reddit?

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0 sats \ 10 replies \ @SimpleStacker 15h

who hates how SN is managed?

102 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 15h

Commie freeriders

144 sats \ 5 replies \ @SimpleStacker 15h

I think I've seen a few critiques:

someone felt that there was not enough moderation / consequence for abusive behavior
people think the rewards are gameable with friends zapping friends

anything else?

72 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby 14h

This gets to downzapping. How do we explain that the users are the mods on SN? Or perhaps it is better to say "the users' zaps are the nods"?

If you see something you don't like you should downzap it.

72 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 14h

I think there's not enough incentive to downzap. Coupled with the log function on the zap amount, you can barely even influence the posts' visibility

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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 15h

Cowboy Credit shitcoinery

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 15h

true, true.

They should realize that it's not shitcoinery when the chief crusader against shitcoinery doesn't consider it that