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What does losing your cowboy hat mean?

195 sats \ 28 comments \ @metadavid 27 Apr AskSN

I got a message that after 3 days of being on here, I lost my Cowboy hat. Is this good? Bad?

Am I cooked? 🤣

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20 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 27 Apr

I see you've found another. That's a relief.

55 sats \ 4 replies \ @metadavid OP 27 Apr

What is a Cowboy hat tho? And why did I lose it, how did I find it, and why would I want this? 🤣

Sorry, total noob, and I tried to find the answer in the FAQ but couldn’t and prior posts about this weren’t explainers.

121 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 27 Apr

Spend 100 CCs or sats here, and you'll find a cowboy hat. Don't be active for a day, or spend less, or get less than 100 CCs or sats, and you might lose it. I don't know if I'm correct here though.

41 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 27 Apr

First rule of Stacker News is that we don't explicitly explain how to get a cowboy hat.

Be an upstanding member of society and the universe will reward you with a hat.

38 sats \ 1 reply \ @metadavid OP 27 Apr

I’d like to think I am upstanding, but maybe I’m valuing myself higher than the universe does. 🤣

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 27 Apr

I should have said "...and the universe might reward you..."

20 sats \ 5 replies \ @NovaRift 27 Apr

I lost mine after 36 days.. I was new and it was a big pain in my ass. But decided to be calm and make another streak amd lost one after another. Now I don't care. Better to think it never existed for me. It helped. It's a part of Easter eggs here.

53 sats \ 0 replies \ @metadavid OP 27 Apr

Ah, that explains it. I was active yesterday and zapped, but I don’t think I received too many (which is OK, I’m not here to extract).

I’ll take a similar approach and not think about it too much, haha

15 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 27 Apr

Nooeeeh! Losing my current 181-day streak would be terrible... can't recoup that evah!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 28 Apr

That's what I mean.. It would be a huge pain in ass lol

15 sats \ 1 reply \ @metadavid OP 27 Apr

That’s the approach I’m going to take too.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 27 Apr

Yeah, I'm thankful! I'd better lose it early than later. It would be so much pain to keep it after 200 days or some? Right?

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @suraz 27 Apr

longest cowboy streak: 68

After that it's on and off. And, now i don't care. 🤣

31 sats \ 2 replies \ @Car 27 Apr

I think the funniest trend I see over and over again is most stackers won’t even reply to you unless you have a cowboy hat at the very least.

Personally if I’ve seen you here before I’ll talk to you. If you have a cowboy hat makes it easier to trust ya for a conversation.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @metadavid OP 27 Apr

The hat stays on 🤣

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 27 Apr

I go through dry spells just cause I get busy with life, but I would pay for a cowboy hat if sn let me.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 27 Apr

I’m not good with regular schedules so I always forgot a day here and there.

19 sats \ 1 reply \ @aPolitical 27 Apr

Seems we all have similar experiences here, so I'd like to know the relevance of having a cowboy hat. Is it even worth having and of what benefit is it to an SN member cos I just lost mine this recently.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @metadavid OP 27 Apr

I'd be curious to know about the utility of it, too. From what I gather, it's more of a flex/signal thing.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Thisdaystacker 27 Apr

@metadavid , what do you mean by "a flex/signal thing" ? Cos I lost mine as well on my journey to the west (theoretically speaking, 😂)