trust algo
tldr trust is more accurate, more evenly distributed, and the ramp to gaining trust is much more gradual rather than threshold based. The algorithm also generates a unique POV for every stacker, ie provides personalized feeds. Personalized feeds aren't live yet, but it's one of the next things we'll add (and will enable things like mutes, direct algorithm configuration by stackers, and "following").
The new algo is live and has been applied retroactively.
reward changes
We are running an experiment where rewards are only given to zappers. Zapping is very important yet it's the least naturally incentivized behavior on the site. My hypothesis is that incentivizing zapping will lead more folks to zap, signal will be better distilled, and because there's more zapping posters and commenters will make at least as many sats as they did before.
The zapping reward rules are exactly the same as before. You're rewarded in proportion to:
- how early you zapped the content
- how many sats you zapped the content
- how much trust you've earned by zapping over time
- how well the content you zapped ranked relative to other posts/comments
50% of zap rewards are given to top post zappers. 50% of zap rewards are given to top comment zappers. These are the same rules as always. The only difference is that all daily rewards are exclusively paid out to top zappers so zapping rewards are 3x bigger than they were before.
reward total and countdown in the footer
The title kind of says it all. We've been told rewards aren't obvious so this is a step in that direction.
pwa enhancements
- notifications close on click
- clicking on a reply notification takes you to the full comment thread
- iOS splash screen
- maskable icons for android
- enhanced app install screens on supporting browsers (mostly chromium based)