123 sats \ 2 replies \ @kilianbuhn 11 Jul 2022 \ parent \ on: Daily discussion thread
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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23 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 11 Jul 2022
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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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Brunswick 11 Jul 2022
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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