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2 sats \ 16 replies \ @chovyfubar 2 Oct 2023 \ on: Please add a sub called "macro" or "economics" or similar meta

what would be cool is if we could create or at least vote on suggestions for new categories.

823 sats \ 15 replies \ @k00b 2 Oct 2023

What'd be even cooler is creating your own categories on a whim

12 sats \ 1 reply \ @chovyfubar 2 Oct 2023

would be better off as a tag-based system them. that dropdown will get way too long.

263 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 2 Oct 2023

It's not that simple. We've had a lot of discussions about tags as alternatives to subs. My view is subs are the way to go. The dropdown UX is not permanent.

23 sats \ 12 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 2 Oct 2023

I imagine we want to be careful about having too many subs, and therefore segregating the content too much. Just a thought, I'm sure you've done a lot more thinking about this than I have.

21 sats \ 11 replies \ @birdeye21 2 Oct 2023

I dont know if creating a lot of different subs will necessarily segregate content, immediately at least. Just because there are new subs doesn't mean we wont see content - home i imagine would still show everything being posted. Content will likely only become "segregated" as more and more users join the platform to discuss broader and broader things and it gets harder to keep up with everything, but in the short term we should still be able to see everything coming through. And on top of that we'll have more niche filtering options to find content more easily.

@k00b a question I do have: will people be able to create subs on a whim and start posting or will they have to go through some sort of approval system? Like to prevent XRP fanboy subs/ nsfw/ other nonsense you may not want appearing for example lol

42 sats \ 10 replies \ @kepford 2 Oct 2023

Yes, I don't wanna see SN become another Reddit or Twitter. One of a network's value is the quality and focus of their users.

0 sats \ 9 replies \ @birdeye21 2 Oct 2023

Absolutely. @k00b ser does SN have a mission statement?

1295 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 2 Oct 2023

An implicit answer to this is in the origin story; @k00b also provided some good perspective in this thread a couple weeks ago.

0 sats \ 7 replies \ @AR0w 2 Oct 2023

Applying some sort of user requirement to be able to create subs can fix this (Like you must stack at least 50k and have 5 cowboy hat streak to create a sub)

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @kepford 2 Oct 2023

I don't know. 5 is to low IMO but I'm not even sure this is a good idea. Both can be gamed.

330 sats \ 4 replies \ @k00b 2 Oct 2023

Our plan is to charge sats monthly to own a sub and let you earn any sats the sub generates. Each sub will be like a mini SN ... which itself can have subs in it.