137 sats \ 11 replies \ @Brunswick 11 Jul 2022 \ on: Daily discussion thread
I've found that to be successful and stack sats on SN you need to say something positive and uplifting, avoid discussing dangers, pitfalls and hard questions. This isn't because of SN, but because people want to think positively and optimistically when they're reading news about bitcoin. What think you?
I don't necessarily agree. We must discuss dangers, pitfalls and hard questions. Being self sovereign is hard, and people want to know how best to approach various topics.
I do, however, agree that folks who seek to troll and disrupt will have a bad time getting people to give them sats for their opinions.
You could say that you will likely trade value for value and nothing more. So seek to provide that and you will likely do well.
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I agree that these other topics should be discussed, my observation is people won't engage and if anyone does, it's to inject some toxic maximalism to shut down the discussion rather than address the topic. I myself, along with most people here, am already maximalist so it's very exhausting to reiterate over and over that I'm not trying to spread FUD but to engage in serious discussions.
What you will find very little of here is a deep philosophical introspection of complex topics, perhaps because it's over the heads of many and we simply haven't attracted people with viewpoints or opinions to support or refute these topics.
I wouldn't know where to look for such discussions on bitcoin
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Like when you're meeting someone for the first time, you don't immediately discuss your views on abortion/religion/gun rights, this community is still young and positivity is what everyone seems to be comfortable with. As is matures, I think you can expect to have more nuanced conversations.
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I believe Jesus wants us to carry a gun to protect babies in the womb. Ha just kidding. I probably am a little autistic in that way, I try to connect by talking about things I find interesting but to most I might as well be rambling about my favorite team's coach for underwater hockey.
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lol I'm definitely autistic the same way, but I try to be in touch with the fact that most people aren't autistic when I can.
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I disagree I came at the NO KYC crowd pretty hard on here. SN isn’t just one big circle jerk
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That's the opposite of Reddit and Twitter. Controversy drives engagement. There is a saying that goes more or less "negative attention is still attention". Very true on traditional social media.
Not at all on SN. Stackers upvote what they like which is mostly positive stuff.
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afaict, he doesn't mean negative as the opposite to 'positive and uplifting', he means serious and nuanced.
I think you're right though. Discourse might stay more positive when people have the expectation of reward.
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If your currency is negative attention, then yes the bird model is going to attract more vitriolic behavior. But when everyone is getting actual payment for being nice, and the troll isn't getting anything, this has an ostracizing effect. Yes I wasn't referring to negative trolls, but constructive philosophical arguments on sensitive topics in the bitcoin and economics realm.
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I have definitely sent some sats to people that ask hard, good, well substantiated and nuanced questions... but I also try to take into account whether the person is civil and is not just yelling memes.
Just for yelling some meme you ain't gonna get sats from me...
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Sometimes inventions and discoveries are made purely independently, if someone is acting out a meme it's likely he's unaware of it. Let's not be cruel to the well intentioned
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