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29 sats \ 7 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 22h \ parent \ on: SN release: drop territory costs, bug fixes meta

What is the reasoning behind that regret?

I think lifetime territory founders have an incentive to build a community for life.

I spent the 3 million sats because I have every intention of building thriving communities that outlive me. I’m def playing the long game but my focus for now is driving new users to the platform so that we have more than ~1300 monthly users on SN.

161 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek 22h

I think lifetime territory founders have an incentive to build a community for life.

Yes, that was the idea but in practice, they don't: from 16 territories paid for life (excluding ~bitcoin, ~nostr, ~meta, ~tech and ~jobs), 7 founders have disappeared (= no post since months). That's 43%.

163 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b OP 22h

To be fair to those founders, I don't think they want to disappear. They bought them for the same reason we created the once option - it's way more convenient and gives peace of mind.

I think that owning a territory is probably like owning a boat. Sometimes owning one is more enjoyable than being on the water.

I think we've also done a poor job of giving them reason to put effort into their territories. Lots of work to do on our end.

In the meantime, the once option will remain. It might be good for all territory founders if we can learn to cope with this incentive problem.

1018 sats \ 1 reply \ @Jon_Hodl 21h

Yes, knowing that I don’t have to worry about forfeiting a territory if I were to miss a monthly payment makes it an even more valuable option.

14 sats \ 0 replies \ @StackerClaus 12h

Merry Christmas

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ch0k1 17h

Maybe the reason behind their disappearance is not losing interest but the fact something happened to them - we're people after all.

P.S: This brings the topic about lifetime territory inheritance - do you think it's a good idea the owner of a lifetime territory to be obliged to add his heirs which after a reasonable period of inactivity to take charge?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b OP 22h

On a relative basis, once paid territories have more absentee founders. It looks like there's a small squatting effect. Maybe it's too early to tell, but that's what it looks like.

152 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 22h

Yeah, that makes sense. I have been super busy lately with a move and family for holidays but I am def here to grow the community for decades to come.

I think we need more users posting in more territories every day and I think many territory founders would agree.

After things slow down after the new year, my focus will be on attracting more quality posters and commenters.