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140 sats \ 25 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jan \ on: The Return of SN Foundry??? meta

I'm so glad the Foundry is back and now I'm not just peeking in through the windows.

I have had nothing but failure attracting people to Stacker News, so I'm happy to defer to @grayruby, who landed the entire string of @realBitcoinDog, @denlillaapan, and @Shugard, about what approach to try.

69 sats \ 6 replies \ @denlillaapan 10 Jan

Reporting for duty, siiiiiir

53 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jan

How do we get more legit writers to ply their trade at Stacker News?

What's the value proposition to you and is it likely attractive to other writers?

What would make SN more attractive to authors?

49 sats \ 2 replies \ @denlillaapan 10 Jan

Not sure for other writers but for me its the combination of

lower barrier to entry (plenty of things I have in notes and that don't cut it for profesh articles are suitable for SN
No editors or production process, just me
and plenty of sats for the effort (hashtag assmilking)

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 10 Jan

plenty of things I have in notes and that don't cut it for profesh articles are suitable for SN

I was thinking about this, recently, because I found a little notebook from grad school that I jotted down half-baked research ideas in.

I'm going to start making some ~econ posts based on those, since they're interesting questions to me and I have not other outlet to explore them.

37 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 10 Jan

Good good! Looking forward to them

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 10 Jan

If you "attract" them into stupid bets nobody will want to post anymore.

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 10 Jan

This theory seems flawed. I see people who participate in the contests and pools we run posting on SN about other things all the time so it seems unlikely new users who stick around would just come to bet and if they do they do. People use platforms for what they like and want.

I respect your opinion that sports is a waste of time and betting is a waste of sats but people like it, so if it can help get more people into Bitcoin or on SN what is wrong with that? Should they be spending more time thinking about their freedom and the bitcoin circular economy sure but I believe in incremental progress rather than bashing people over the head until they comply or run away.

64 sats \ 3 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 10 Jan

The pitch I got from @grayruby was there are a lot of suckers on SN I could steal sats from in the ~Stacker_Sports pools, but sadly I have won in none. But I’ve done analysis to confirm that through zap engagement I still break even while having fun! 🌈 #802983

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jan

It sounds like you got got by a master businessman.

94 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 10 Jan

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 10 Jan

Yea dawg

36 sats \ 13 replies \ @grayruby OP 10 Jan

I only landed RBD. I believe he did the rest.

Only stray dogs follow me home, not intellectual types.

53 sats \ 12 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jan

It's pretty basic multi-level marketing. You get credit for your entire downline.

I thought you were a business guy.

70 sats \ 11 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 10 Jan

I’ll have you know I myself am a writer as well! I used to be most active in ~BooksAndArticles. Used to…

35 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 10 Jan

I thought your dog wrote that book.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 10 Jan

She’s a good girl

40 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jan

Ok, what do you think is the best case to make to other writers to get them to try out Stacker News?

What was your sales pitch to @denlillaapan?

34 sats \ 7 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 10 Jan

I told him he could get zapped for what he already does. He already contributes to Mises and AIER and Reason. He already tweets and Nostr notes. He already get a couple zaps on Nostr

But I said here he’d get zapped heavy and he seems to really like that.

I also told him that here he would get the highest compliment a writer could get. That not only would ppl repost or zap, but they might actually read what he wrote and give an interesting comment maybe

He’s posted before his skepticism of SN success once the rewards pool stops getting 100k sats of daily funding.

#829853

51 sats \ 6 replies \ @denlillaapan 10 Jan

The sats, perhaps, but maybe actually the "...people actually read" weighs heaviest

40 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jan

"People actually read and interact" was my pitch to the folks at Minds, but I didn't get any takers. Some left for nostr, but none came here that I'm aware of.

I think some people like shouting into the void and don't want to hear the responses they might get.

45 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby OP 10 Jan

I think you are right. Some people just want to post like it is their personal diary and "people actually read and interact" sounds frightening and exhausting to them.

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