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176 sats \ 40 comments \ @clarity 24 Sep ideasfromtheedge

zaps forwarded to @DarthCoin (10%) @k00b (1%) @DesertDave (10%) @south_korea_ln (10%)

I've been on this site for about 2 weeks, taking not of every detail I can, and I've come to conclude that it may be a waste of time if the expectation is to make any sort of real profit...

However, there is a chance that one day you may get zapped 5k or more, which would be a significant incline for everyone's expectation on this site.

Basically, the truth is, if you want to waste your time on this site now, go ahead, or you can require more money be paid to the users on behalf of the creators and runners of the site to become a little less "greedy?" dare I say it.

I know times are tough for everyone right now, but for those who have the means, or in this case, the money to continue running a site like SN, then you should allow the users to make gains while they produce your guaranteed future income.

Nobody's requiring you to fix any bugs. It works well enough as it is, and the sooner the users receive more value for their time, the sooner the rest of the world comes to your site to pay you for the grand opportunity to participate in the future of money.

I always said web3 sites should be an upgrade, where you get paid to use their site. And that can be the case, but with the current rate of accumulation of the 20,000k+ I've "stacked", I'm nowhere near feeling whole for all the time I invested in hopefully making lasting strong relationships with people anonymously online.

EDIT: I have 264 in my account, and I already reloaded 1k from before. So I'm at a loss after 2 weeks. Maybe I'm doing it wrong, or maybe Uncle Sam is skimming too much off the top.

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220 sats \ 1 reply \ @DesertDave fwd 24 Sep

I do not make profit. I contribute. Everything I make stays in my stacker account and I pay it out to other stackers. And in order to maintain the alter_native territory I send in more sats to cover it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @clarity OP 24 Sep

I'm down to 36. I'll report tomorrow what the night bot gives me.

223 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin fwd 24 Sep

Do not add me to these stupid posts. Do not fw sats to me. Why people reply so much to this bullshit? Downzap and forget it.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder 24 Sep

depends how much you expect, for me this place is like reddit, except you get zaps instead of moons (in the case of crypto reddit)

it's pretty cool and i imagine in some countries where a meal costs a few dollars, a bit of shitposting can actually feed you

compare it to posting on primal, i might get 50-100 zaps a week, sn has a way better ratio

73 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 24 Sep

I have made zero profit! Its only profit if you take it out of SN and use it, right? If you want advice on how to do that, ask @cryotosensei. But it could be that you are allocating things in the wrong way. Take some time to read the faqs, and some of the guides from @nadia. I remember when I first started, I was able to stack enough to continue posting and commenting.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Nadia 24 Sep

You mean Natalia. I haven’t written guides. Not yet at least.😁😁

33 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 24 Sep

You are right, it was @Natalia. Thank you for correcting me :)

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Nadia 24 Sep

They are really excellent guides. Can't claim the authorship.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 24 Sep

There are a many new ones that have popped up recently, too.

52 sats \ 0 replies \ @hasherstacker 24 Sep

SN is aimed at sharing knowledge. The sats you get, is an incentive for your valuable time and content.

Knowledge is power! Remember that.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @ivncastellano 24 Sep

If u count knowledge as a profit…then there are not enough ceros.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 24 Sep

Step 1: Post on stacker news Step 2: ???? Step 3: Profit

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @Leonard 24 Sep

Then make quality post if you want to make some “profit” 😂, i personally just spend and post like all platforms where you post and don’t get nothing, I enjoy even few sats, I just post and enjoy the time while earn few sats, my portfolio and I think others as well don’t depend on earnings of this site…

110 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 24 Sep

Nice try, fed.

44 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satosora 24 Sep

You must have seen cycles of people that gripe about this site.

178 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 24 Sep

I don't know about cycles, but there are occasionally those who refuse to see the splendor of @k00b's creation.

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 24 Sep

Yes, people need to have their eyes forced open.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @OgFOMK 24 Sep

Read the book, Clockwork Orange and make sure to get the book with three sets of 7 chapters.

7 + 7 + 7

The Movie and the US versions have 7 + 7 + 6.

30 sats \ 6 replies \ @south_korea_ln fwd 24 Sep

Far from profitable, and also not the reason I'm here.

As far as I know, Uncle Sam is putting in more money than he skims off the top.

This is a long-term project. If you want quick money, you probably better wait a few years and come back to check if SN is still around.

20 sats \ 5 replies \ @clarity OP 24 Sep

What's your source? At least two main contributors to the site are on this thread. Are we the problem?

151 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln fwd 24 Sep

The daily reward sats are fueled daily with a 100k donation. Other sources for rewards are too little at this point.

I don't think there is a problem. A few stackers here are likely profitable, because they provide a lot of good value, consistently, I appreciated your first post describing your experience in the shitcoin world, hence my hefty large zap.

But if you're here to chase the sats, you probably will end up disappointed.

In your case, if what you've told is true that you have dev skills, the best way to make a better ROI, is to contribute to the github bounties. This is one of the few FOSS projects that actually rewards contributors consistently and IMO quite generously.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satosora 24 Sep

You added them when you forwarded the zaps. We all look at the posts and comments around here. And when you forward sats to them, they cant zap this post. So in a way, you are screwing yourself.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @clarity OP 24 Sep

I'll add you to my next one

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln fwd 24 Sep

By the way, not sure why you keep adding me in the forwards. I'll notice your post if it brings value, regardless of being forwarded sats.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @clarity OP 24 Sep freebie

I'm glad you think so. I wish I had at least 1 satoshi to demonstrate my genuine gratitude.

54 sats \ 3 replies \ @OgFOMK 24 Sep

If in two weeks you've made over 20,000 sats and you are unhappy with this then you have a high time preference and you WILL NEVER BE HAPPY ANYWAY.

I've written on the Internet since 1997 and before that I wrote and published my own little Punk 'zine from 1988. I worked very hard. I engaged other people to contribute. I sold my zines on the street, in bars, in school and I listed my work in other magazines to get orders in the mail.

I've owned my own websites since 1998. I've invested thousands of dollars in hosting, computers, printers, office software, dictionaries, English literature, grammar books and courses on writing, management and sales training. Because of my practice and time I actually got office positions and people paid me to do administrative work and write for them.

With Stacker I've done quite well for a lot less work. I've even learned things from other people who I've come to appreciate. I've even had some pissing contests with some and have still come to appreciate their work as well as their opinions.

Technically this site is a masterpiece and it deserves further investigation and more time from you. You've just scratched the surface. If you lower your time preference and learn about Bitcoin on its own you will appreciate that you've earned the buying power of well over today's 20,000 USD or Euro. That's some haul!

$10,000 per week!

The buying power of Sats has increased on average 200 percent each year. If you only think of today's exchange rate then you are missing the whole point of Bitcoin. If you have sats you are capable of sending value all over the planet. When the buying power increases your ability to send sats will enable you to send Fiat value. You can even do it for other people!

Learn about Bitcoin. Learn about moving sats. Learn about engaging your audience.

If I had a nickel for ever negative post or paragraph or statement I have made I would not need to work at all at anything but no one was interested in my negative statements so I didn't get paid for them.

Lower your time preference. Get spiritual with your interaction with others and learn how to extract high quality information from the labor of others as well as the experience of yourself.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @clarity OP 24 Sep

I'm not trying to lament on only the negative aspects of something. I have over 100 posts that I'm sure you didn't read all of. I didn't complain. I explained. I helped people come to better understand the world they live in. To give solace. To give hope. To give thanks to the people who GAVE ME SATS.

There are many perspectives, and the main one I can tell you that will never work is the one where you just take the good with the good and only acknowledge the good.

ok, maybe it will work for a time

but just like the trillion dollars of debt a lot of us are in, there can't be a good outcome to all that. We have to pay interest on loans, that's like the thing with loans. So idk how to calculate the exact number but 35,000,000,000 times even just 2%, that's a fuck ton!

Needless and regardless to say, I care about everyone's opinion, and I worship the replies and responses I get from my posts.

I'd love to be able to give back to the community more, but I don't have it. That's why I believe this to be a scam. If I wanted to contribute value to this site, then I would have to reach into my pocket to pay you all for how brilliant you all are, but I digress.

There are not enough satoshis in the world to make it clear how much I love this site, and there is nothing that will stop me from continuing to express this gratitude, except when my account balance is:

BUT I'm about to give that to you anyway, since you were so sincere and I appreciated reading every bit of what you said.

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @OgFOMK 24 Sep

Hmmm, grasshopper, you may have to add sats when your balance is low. This is economics. If I haven't read your 100 posts then it's because I didn't find them or I didn't find them interesting. In two weeks I've managed to travel from the US to Portugal and tomorrow I'm heading to Spain.

In some cases I've skipped Stacker for a day, days, weeks and months. Lower your time preference.

Don't give up and also don't think that positive is profitable with the exception that Stacker News is not about imitation of the Mass Media, or the reward for being dissatisfied nonsense. Mass Media rewards negativity because dissatisfaction is easy to find and it sells quick time preference misery continuation.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @clarity OP 24 Sep freebie

Let me give you 1k for all that wisdom

Oh wait:

31 sats \ 4 replies \ @User21000000 24 Sep

I lost all my money when I was trying to post on sn from the yacht

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @BTC_Bellzer 24 Sep

My sats were all on Mike Lynch's yacht too

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @User21000000 24 Sep

Rip 🪦 sats lost at sea

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OgFOMK 24 Sep

That's terrible. Find a mooring position and try to write some more.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @User21000000 24 Sep

I don’t think I will financially recover from this one

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @watchmancbiz 27 Sep

Losing daily, but what can you do? mostly here for the experience anyway. people just don't zap me as much as I'm generous with them :(

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave fwd 28 Sep

Keep it up. It will come back.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitcoiner1 24 Sep

Stacker News is not about of making a profit on BTC.

For me, is the best way to learn about Bitcoin, on this amazing platform you have the opportunity to ask your doubts and get really good answers from people who has been using BTC for many years.

And with all the knowledge you can get here, you will avoid making expensive mistakes with your SATs.