Unless you're only lurking you should probably be earning at least 10 sats a day, show some love people...
...or don't, it's your money ;)
478 sats \ 7 replies \ @jp 31 May 2022
21, 69, 420 sats
...the only way to tip
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72 sats \ 0 replies \ @CheezeGrater OP 31 May 2022
This is the way
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23 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 31 May 2022
this is the correct answer 🤝
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22 sats \ 4 replies \ @MerryOscar 1 Jun 2022
@k00b Set the default to 21?
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 1 Jun 2022
It's currently 10 (up from 1). I'm not sure increasing it did much. It might've though. I need to look at data from it.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @0272c3c205 2 Jun 2022 freebie
Sorry if this sounds thick, but what do you mean ?
190 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 31 May 2022
It's also not very intuitive to tip more than the default. Press and hold is not super intuitive and having to submit a form is a lot.
@kr pitched making each click 10x more. First click is 1 sat, second 10 sat, third 100 sat, fourth 1000 sat, fifth 10000 sats. We could even still have press and hold.
This is the best 'proposal' I've heard to improve it.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 31 May 2022
Another reason might be posting/commenting is 1 sat so it feels natural to tip a corresponding amount.
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45 sats \ 5 replies \ @0260378aef 31 May 2022
There's another answer as well as the good points made so far:
If I click upvote, it puts 1 sat by default. For those of us who've spent time on similar sites (like reddit but also twitter and youtube are similar) it feels natural to just click 'upvote'.
The long-press to change it is not familiar to new or casual users.
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41 sats \ 4 replies \ @CheezeGrater OP 31 May 2022
If you want you can change the smallest amount once in the settings, no need to long press.
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32 sats \ 2 replies \ @0260378aef 31 May 2022
Yep, I checked that after writing my comment .. I hadn't looked at the settings for 6+ months :) It's perfectly fine but 90% of people won't bother changing defaults. Could possibly change UI to make that choice more prominent(?)
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @CheezeGrater OP 31 May 2022
Yea, maybe a prompt after registering just so the user knows its a thing.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0260378aef 31 May 2022
Or even more than that, because if you click through it when you sign up, you never look at it again (unless you read a thread like this :) ).
If I had to suggest something, it'd be - two buttons next to each post, or something that looks a bit like reddit's 'gold' and other awards, but it's an actual button right there. I suspect other stuff (including long press) is just not going to get people using it.
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @tetsu_tamasi 31 May 2022
Didn’t know that was possible cheers! 😂😂
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1003 sats \ 0 replies \ @LaserStack 31 May 2022
Because I'm poor :'(
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33 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 31 May 2022
My guess is that unit bias is strong. Earning small amounts feels significant. Spending small amounts also feels significant.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @felix 31 May 2022
Exactly!
When making this case for 10 sats, why not make it 20, 50, or even 100 sats instead? (100 sats is still only 0.0315900000)
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23 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 31 May 2022
Also early Bitcoiners are savers by nature.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @0260378aef 1 Jun 2022
I guess it depends what you mean by early, most of the people on bitcointalk in 2011-2013 were either druggies, reckless gamblers, con artists, or just mentally deranged :)
There's a reason why so few of them ended up being mega rich :)
(well apart from the con artists, most of them did really well!)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 1 Jun 2022
Not that early. I guess I meant us, which might be better called contemporary or current bitcoiners.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @CheezeGrater OP 31 May 2022
Is it sacrilege to say that the number of sats I see hasn't quite sunk in as an amount of money, thus making spending on tips easy?
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @gmd 31 May 2022
Maybe we need to make the top daily/weekly spenders leaderboard more easily visible... although that might lead to more gaming behavior.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @CheezeGrater OP 31 May 2022
Wait, there's a leaderboard?
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43 sats \ 1 reply \ @gmd 31 May 2022
https://stacker.news/top/users/spent/week
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @CheezeGrater OP 31 May 2022
Thanks! Never noticed those options.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 1 Jun 2022
Here's the spot to change the default tip btw: https://stacker.news/settings
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26 sats \ 0 replies \ @tetsu_tamasi 31 May 2022
Cuz we’re cheap af but I’ll get you a sat bud ;)
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28 sats \ 0 replies \ @EnormousPony 31 May 2022
I've setup 5 sats as minimum. That's enough for me
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35 sats \ 1 reply \ @criptoluis 31 May 2022
Why shitposting raise 1086 sats?
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28 sats \ 0 replies \ @iguano 31 May 2022
1188 now lol
Maybe because he is right?
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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @earnbitcoin 31 May 2022
Is the name of the site Stacker News or is it Spender News?
That being said, ... you are right ... if there's sats coming in, on Stacker News thanks to the daily airdrop from the ~jobs board revenues, ... spending on good posts and comments from that part of your stash, rather than hoarding it all, will help SN grow.
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31 sats \ 0 replies \ @CheezeGrater OP 31 May 2022
Yup, my thought exactly.
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23 sats \ 0 replies \ @relc 31 May 2022
i tip everyone 1 sat default, sir.
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22 sats \ 1 reply \ @felix 31 May 2022
Because 10 sats are still only 0.0002862 USD – if you really want to make a difference, gotta go higher than that.
Also, it's "sats, the standard" not "10 sats, the standard" 🙊
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @felix 31 May 2022
(Also, I like clicking on something a bunch of times, shooting sats left and right – it's fun!)
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @CheezeGrater OP 31 May 2022
See now I have to up my tip again to get rid of all these sats...
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @a 1 Jun 2022
Because I tip every post or comment that I read. Anything I spend time on has value, no matter the size of the tip. If it caught my attention, I tip.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @CheezeGrater OP 2 Jun 2022
Just because something caught my attention does not mean it was valuable, case in point: clickbait titles.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @maxtrotter 1 Jun 2022
I was testing the setting and have changed back to default - tipping does seem strange to us British
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @agbegin 1 Jun 2022
The short press triggering a lightning strike incentivizes the 1 sat tip. But don't you worry I smash it like 20x, then long press for the big tip lol
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @2bithits 1 Jun 2022
I don't
But I don't mind getting 1 sat
Remember there's only 2.1 quadrillion of them
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @pony 1 Jun 2022
i hodl
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @2big2fail 1 Jun 2022
power of the default
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @saunter 1 Jun 2022
I tip 10 sats if it deserves 10 sats. 10 sats is a lot of money sir
You don't value it in dollars and think it's nothing, do you sir?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Ge 31 May 2022
haha I was like that at first then started to show the love as yall are saying lol i guess you learn n grow longer your in this
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @holycrap666 6 Jun 2022 freebie
I don't know how to get sats
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @bhir 3 Jun 2022 freebie
The bitcoin ecosystem is the ultimate nexus between hodl'ing and sat spewing. It can't be explained.
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @alex_lewin 1 Jun 2022 freebie
I click 10 times... I wanna see 10 lightning bolts
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @entrada 1 Jun 2022 freebie
I don't know how this works