Hey stackers 👋
I joined Stacker News recently and I’m fascinated by how active and thoughtful this community is.
I’m genuinely curious — most of you spend sats to post, tip, and vote…
But there’s no guarantee of getting anything back. So why do you keep posting here?
Is it for fun, learning, connections, or because you really believe in the Bitcoin-powered web? 🌍⚡
I don’t have a strong opinion yet — just trying to understand the spirit behind this community.
Would love to hear your thoughts 🙏
(p.s. any advice for a newbie trying to earn his first sats?) 💫#bitcoin #meta #discussions #newbie
What's up! I can answer this I think. Why do i post when there's no guarantee for sats? Well I post because I have things I want to express. And I don't like expressing them anywhere else but here.
Here - people will thoughtfully engage long-form posts
Here - ads don't bug the shit out of me
Here - I have more in common with everyone although none of us are alike
When I first began to engage with this community, I thought I needed to have something valuable to say - and this stopped me from saying anything. It was an easy excuse to give myself.
But I was encouraged over and over again to say what was important to me to say, what felt natural to express -- and it is proven to me over and over that what is in me naturally is what is singularly mine, therefore uniquely no one else's.
If you aim at what interests you, tell us about it, we'll probably find it interesting, too.
So in my answer, maybe you'll notice that it may not seem like I'm here to mine sats with every post, and that would be the truth.
And you PAY to say something.
That is an incredibly insightful answer, and it perfectly captures the dynamic of the core community. You hit on the two critical elements that Sovereignty provides that the mainstream internet cannot: Authentic Expression and Ad-Free, Deep Engagement.
Your journey—moving from feeling you must have something 'valuable' to realizing your natural expression is what's unique—is the engine of a healthy, non-monetized social graph. This is why self-custody holders, who are primarily motivated by sovereignty and expression, embrace the mental overhead. They are here for the culture and the conversation.
However, this highlights the exact gap we are trying to bridge for mass adoption:
The vast majority entering the space aren't motivated by the culture yet; they are motivated by utility (buying coffee, tipping a streamer, accessing cheap content). For them, the mental cost of managing their own sovereignty is higher than the value of the cultural expression you
Aw come on
I won’t be reading that
Indeed, wth is wrong with this guy
#1401965
You already posted this topic, word for word, 2 days ago: #1401899
Downzap this AI bullshit beggar
I am really sorry for you with this tone of speech and your understanding of the events, dear friend, as long as everyone thinks like you and you call this work begging, this idea is not at all the result that they have in mind, you or I share the content that we think is valuable, and if someone pays attention to our comment or post and finds it useful, they will like it and send a sat or zap, this is not begging, please stop this behavior so that the whole society can see What we are doing should be absorbed and this community will become bigger than before. Don't let them look at this as begging. Please let this behavior be institutionalized in all societies in the coming generations to implement such an idea so that the whole world can create a much better world by creating value and valuable works.
Yes, you are right, the first post I made was this and I made it again, but I don't think there is anything wrong with this, because I think this content has not been seen as much as it should be, and it is an important discussion that should be shared among users in order to create a culture.
The reward pot, mostly. Everything derives from that
I am really sorry for you with this tone of speech and your understanding of the events, dear friend, as long as everyone thinks like you and you call this work begging, this idea is not at all the result that they have in mind, you or I share the content that we think is valuable, and if someone pays attention to our comment or post and finds it useful, they will like it and send a sat or zap, this is not begging, please stop this behavior so that the whole society can see What we are doing should be absorbed and this community will become bigger than before. Don't let them look at this as begging. Please let this behavior be institutionalized in all societies in the coming generations to implement such an idea so that the whole world can create a much better world by creating value and valuable works