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Another way to think about it is like this: the posting fee in ~privacy is 500 sats. The posting fee in ~lol is 21 sats. The current LIT system ranks items by the total investment. Given equal zapping, a ~lol post will always show up lower than a ~privacy post.
I didn’t know that. I have missed many updates on SN. 😁
However, you and @Undisciplined enter in this category:
Of course, there are exceptions. For example, someone might boost a post simply because they want more people to read it and don’t care whether it gets zapped or not.
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Another way to think about it is like this: the posting fee in ~privacy is 500 sats. The posting fee in ~lol is 21 sats. The current LIT system ranks items by the total investment. Given equal zapping, a ~lol post will always show up lower than a ~privacy post. It makes some sense then to think of boost like investment in a post. If I've written something that is seriously funny, why wouldn't I want to at least boost it to equal footing with the ~privacy posts? Further, if you spend time on something you care about and think is interesting, are you willing to invest in its visibility?
I boost most of my posts, 100 sats or 200 sats. Sometimes I will boost it more if It's something that I really spent a lot of time on.