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If you're listed in https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/blob/master/awards.csv and still haven't been paid, I think they'd still be willing to pay.
I think they took away contributor bounties though because too many bots were trying to claim them.
I didn’t realize they took them away! It’s been a long time since I contributed though
it's still on the README.md, so maybe they didn't take it away. I vaguely recall @k00b mentioning stopping it because of too many bots. But my recollection may be faulty.
I just paused them. As is, they are biased toward producing code and that's the easy part now.
Somehow, we need to gate/award folks based on specification, QA, and code review.
I suspect having:
- a higher reward for detailed issues
- a grave penalty, like 50% for a single requested change
- banning future contributions when something is totally off base
might be enough
Have you thought about requiring an upfront payment for a PR to be considered? Which would be refunded when it's successfully merged?
Losing 50% for a requested change would probably turn me off from even trying, honestly. That’s a big hit. But I recognize the challenge here
Oh! I saw I got awarded some sats a few months ago but I didn't claim it. Didn't know it was gone. It was very generous imho - at least in my case.
I think that your SN research project was awesome. You're very skilled.
It's also why I didn't put too much effort in running stats on the downzaps when they started happening - I feel like an imposter. I did some things in R, like try to see if those never ending downzaps were hurting @Scoresby's engagement [1], because that was hit hardest. But I am not a statistician and I can't make soup out of this. No sers. I will stick to reporting how many blocks are signaling BIP-110 😂
In applied form, I expect this to become needed. Not when everyone is panicking or partying due to NgD/NgU respectively, but in the middle, when businesses build. Some of the Bitcoin businesses have become big enough to need someone that can make soup of things.
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