Frankly speaking, if you were into SN just for the sats, you would find that it isn’t lucrative. Even if you garner 1000 sats for your post - a target that is fairly hard to attain - you can’t even buy a cup of coffee. So SN isn’t the place to be if you want to increase your income-earning potential.
Then why do Stackers post long posts and comments even if it isn’t the most financially rewarding? There could be many reasons: the drive to keep your cowboy hat, the feeling that you want to project some kind of sophisticated image, the cathartic effects of writing. But perhaps it all boils down to the ethos Bitcoiners hold dear.
It’s manifested in the way Stackers go the extra mile to orange pill merchants, hoping to release others from the shackles of fiat.
It’s manifested in the way you willingly invest the time and energy to run your own node, never mind that it may take years for it to become profitable.
It’s manifested in the way you organise info sessions and workshops, hoping to reach out to non-Bitcoiners and make them take the scary first step.
Things that are labour-intensive but don’t deter you because you frame it as a labour of love.
Labour of love.
And perhaps since this Labour of Love spirit is embedded within your ethos, it is second nature for you to demonstrate it here.
To expound on your experiences even though your comment won’t pay the bills.
To share your POV even though you are facing time pressures and sleep debt.
To run a territory at a loss because you value the conversations it generates.
Stacker News seems to demand a lot out of us than your typical social media platform. But you gleefully call this place home.
Yeehaw 🤠
Makes sense. Not what you want when you're in a growth phase. And particularly not for those folks without a Lightning wallet or without Bitcoin knowledge.
If there's any silver lining, I imagine it focuses minds to a more non-custodial future & roadmap. Assuming there's anything ever to come from crappy legislation.
My favorite book is The Life Of Mary As Seen by The Mystic by A. Brown
I don't enjoy talking politics. It always results in either me self censoring or the loss of a friendship. I can't find a middle ground.
Building my own homesteading place with my own hands and without any specialized knowledge in construction. Just learning by doing it.
It was my life dream to do it and now I am so close to bring it to reality...
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the 14th level of earthbags is in place...
you make a lot of good points, as a matter of fact...
no in all seriousness though, i think that is a solid steel man argument. you mentioned everything i could think of, and a few things i'd never even considered.
been there many times.
first time 2003 on a bus from costa rica in san salvador. i went there because costa rica became expensive and san salvador was dollarized which was a huge advantage. i went to el salvador to check it out. i went also to panama several times.
everyone warned me about crime. i walked around during the day without any valuables and i could not perceive anything dangerous. there was definitely something going but mainly at night. no one wanted to talk about it openly. i did not visit the beaches. my friends in costa rica told me about it. all black and not attractive except for hard core surfers which i am not.
i revisited several times over the next 15 years. i have friends in costa rica, nicaragua, panama and el salvador. for my friends in el salvador life was normal behind high walls, barb wire and alarm systems. the rich people all had guards.
it is not different in guatemala ciudad. my friends have to drive the girls to school, pick them up and they also live in guarded a cul de sac behind high walls...
when i visited this year i could see a change. for the first time i saw many other gringos. for almost 20 years i felt that i was the only one going to el salvador. you can also hear that from everyone that the security situation has massively approved. there is still crime going on but nothing compared to before.
with regards to btc i was disappointed that almost no small companies accept it. only large companies and the government does. it is different on bitcoin beach which i visited for one day. estimated 60-70% accept btc or lightning for payments.
being used to the beaches in mexico and even in costa rica i was disappointed about the beach. black stones, some black sand and high waves. nothing i would write home about.
in summary el salvador is a quite safe and stable country now. compared to mexico or even costa rica it is still third world with limited shopping and a humid and hot tropical climate in san salvador and also at the beaches. it is definitely worth visiting. all central american countries are worth visiting. nothing comes close to mexico
Regular fitness routine. Dollar cost averaging fitness in small, regular doses of exercise using proof of work to create gains that are small individually but add up to meaningful results. Can't print it out of nothing, must be earned with a physical cost
The Nostr client I've seen with the fastest connection is Iris (in my personal experience).
Price action makes us riiiiiicher, bitch.
That's good. We need better command over material goods
I think focusing only on bitcoin is the right approach.
It look more polished and professional.
All this multi-alt-coins wallets look like a joke and confuse the newcomers.
Nostr is the hype right now, and I have used it but it's buddy and the clients are awful to work with, I can understand the excitement but its a terrible user experience
I think SN can have some integration but not relay on it for any serving of information. Sure you could duplicate the information to a relay if others want to use SN feeds in Nostr
Maybe you could add login with Nostr on your stacker news
You could add your public key to your SN account for a follow on Nostr
One thing I could see though is SN DMS running on Nostr, since the user experience is not yet catered for on the site
It was unsuspecting when I saw it when navigating to notifications tab.
A toggle would be ideal, also for opt-out.
No!!!! I lost my Cowboy hat.🤠 460 days was a heck of a run to the top of the board. Good luck to the rest of you out there!
https://m.stacker.news/67447