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69 sats \ 7 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 14 May \ on: Only Cowboys Get Rewards: and other ideas meta
I'm not a fan of the cowboy hat thing, since it means someone who isn't able to engage daily (but who engages well when they're here) is penalized. Much as I love SN, I don't like any site that penalizes folks for missing a day (also a problem I have with a lot of freemium games). Losing your hat now just means losing your hat, but if you lose your hat, come back two days later and make a killer post that stacks 10K sats and don't get considered for that day's bonus, that seems kind of disincentivizing.
Maybe adding a few days of grace period, so give someone five days after losing their hat until they can no longer get daily rewards?
I'm not a fan of the 24-hours to accept the rewards for the same reason (but again, a longer period may solve that).
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21 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 14 May
@davidw made a similar content and it makes me think I might be missing something, or at least that I didn't explain my idea well.
If you aren't here one day, then you aren't getting rewards either way. If you come back and make a great post, and zap other people's stuff, then you'll have a new hat which will make you rewards eligible again.
The only scenario where this seems to matter is if you make good content, but don't zap other stackers. In that scenario, I'm perfectly happy with not getting daily rewards. That person still gets all the zaps from their posts.
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42 sats \ 5 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 14 May
Definitely agree about folks who don't zap not getting rewards.
I'm assuming that person coming back and making a great post is also participating in SN by zapping and commenting as well. But I thought that a hat doesn't come until the next day, so after daily rewards?
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22 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 15 May
Pretty much each comment should have a zap, unless it is really in left field, right? Thats how I feel at least.
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31 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 15 May
Agreed
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11 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 14 May
But I thought that a hat doesn't come until the next day, so after daily rewards?
Gotcha, in that case I need to amend my proposal to be that you become rewards eligible once you've earned a cowboy hat, whether or not you have one.
It's been a while, but I recall finding my cowboy hat during the middle of the day.
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90 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 14 May
It's been a while, but I recall finding my cowboy hat during the middle of the day.
Yes, this is the case. You immediately receive a hat when you meet the requirements. It shows up as "new" then.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 14 May
Ah, thanks! I hadn't realized it was an insta-get.
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