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I definitely understand, but there are different types of work here:

1. Post
2. Respond
3. Respond early
4. Zap new (good content)
5. Discriminate. If my post sucks at least I paid for it and later on if I'm doing more interesting things it can be discovered or I just move on. Discriminate regarding my tastes and interests via zaps. I might like something no one else does but at least I let the author know someone zapped to appreciate. Also I can pay to comment and help that person know what I think to help him out.
6. Share on NOSTR or other social media - Automatically the share link has your user name and ID. If someone joins you get rewarded or at least you bring attention to a post you like. You may also share your own masterpiece.
7. Donate. You are seeding the program so that Stacker won't need venture capitol funding. The more you put in the more you get out. The goal is for Stacker to not need outside capital. If you are no longer getting the value for your labor then it is time to do something else.
8. Criticize - Someone might be a troll and you can be harsh, funny, encouraging or indifferent. At least the troll paid to troll you. Maybe you make a friend.
9. Scoop - so the troll is an asshole. Maybe he had some good ideas. Scoop his posts and look for any redeeming qualities. Maybe he had some good ideas or he's just a spook funded by MKULTRA. Who knows. If there is anything good, zap it. If it's all bad. Let it go.
10. Honesty - If you see something sketchy, point it out or ask questions. The better the quality of content here, the better your experience will be.

Looks up, convinced there are not too many mistakes and posts ☝️

Have you guys thought much on the post hackathon results? IE, team builds something awesome, maybe wins, then all go separate ways and back to their day jobs.

At one hackathon, I was paid by an independent party present there to finish our PoC and write up a case study. But I assume with the heavy hitter VCs that'll be at this hackathon, there could be a chance to turn a project into something real. Is anything done on your side to help facilitate that? Really looking forward to participating, thanks!

Thanks for the kind words!

Even though I know we shouldn't care too much about the person behind words, I do know that bitcoin development is a meritocracy and thus you saying this about me does indeed mean a lot to me, haha

I've been looking for my spot in the bitcoin space where I can contribute the most according to my skills ever since I fell down the rabbit hole early 2021. What's funny is that yet; I initially turned down the offer from @k00b to join SN in March.

I didn't want to leave my current position so soon since there were some important changes happening regarding the stuff I was working on. I said I would take a break from studying during the upcoming winter term and then join SN for 6 months in October as an intern. It sounded too risky to me to join immediately, leave my old position and not look back.

But then I realized the chance I am passing up on and that this was what I was waiting for the whole time and fortunately, @k00b didn't find someone else already when I approached him a week after our first call. I wanted to work on open source, bitcoin and disruption of social media for a long time and SN sounds like the perfect fit :)

I doubt his intentions. Initially I used to think that Bukele was a man of good aspirations but now his policies of flooding his own country with foreign people makes me think why doesn't he first start taking care of his own people.