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Well... you are that guy now. haha
Seriously though: I think we should ask: what is needed to get Giacomo here on SN? He's often quoted here and these posts often have a lot of traction.
'What does Giacomo want?' is what I'd ask.
afaict what giacomos want when their other needs are met: influence and entertainment.
Right now, SN mainly appeals to pseuds that like to reading, writing, and primordial communities/technology. We can't offer much reach and entertainment is more subjective.
SN mainly appeals to pseuds that like to reading, writing, and primordial communities/technology
"pseuds" short for... ?
the more common epithet I've seen around SN is "pleb", never noticed this one before and I honestly have no clue off the top of my head how to autocomplete, beyond "pseudocode".... somehow "pseudocoder" seems a little too dismissive. someone who only programs UML or wikipedia-grade pseudocode could still have a much more rigorous mind than a keyboard jockey who can't read any compiler logs and just farts around randomly.
Good question. I am shocked how so many bitcoin folks could care less about SN. and it does everything that was promised by LN micropayments at scale.
The 500 stackers here isn’t enough reach for folks.
IMO, it's not that deep: Stacker News is more like Reddit. Nostr is more like Twitter.
They don't post on Stacker News for the same reason(s) they don't post on Reddit (I assume, didn't verify).
They don't post on nostr because twitter is better at being twitter than nostr.
This is true but if you are so hardcore about the tech then nostr and SN should be your go to.
Then post on legacy social media sites.
That is my critique on some of these maxis.
Same with Darth who claims to be this super maxi and yet doesn’t use SN to its full potential.
He notes that he used bisq and robosats for no KYC which I commend but take it the next step further as well.
Idk. I think that Bitcoin maxis, LN maxis and microtransaction maxis are different beasts. Conflating these[1] will likely only lead to disappointment.
The main issue maximalist mindset (in any of the above 3 cases, and in general) invokes though is that it assumes that what is best for the maxi is best for everyone, indiscriminately. Reality says something different though, because there are no silver bullets: there are a plurality of niches among people and these can be served by different solutions. This means that there is space for SN, for LN, for Bitcoin. If there weren't, then there wouldn't be any of this.
Not to mention naziing around about
hYpOcRiTzand taking things to into some kind of holy war. ↩
main issue maximalist mindset (in any of the above 3 cases, and in general) invokes though is that it assumes that what is best for the maxi is best for everyone, indiscriminately.
one term I've happily stolen from Meni Rosenfeld is "minimaximalist". I think he might have said it as a bit of a joke, to allow conversation to veer away from bitcoin vs altcoins towards game theory. Once it accepts that there are intricate payoff matrices and possibly even equilibria between nondeterministic strategies, the "maximalist" ideology becomes a lot less moralising and normative.
great point!!
Not to be that guy but he posts this on X. Not here on stacker news or on nostr shoot even pubky. Does it on X yeah sure it’s where the people are but I just get annoyed when great stuff is being built with all the challenges devs face and he posts this on X. Hard to take it seriously