Yes it is possible.
It will be interesting to see if SNs does ever reach critical mass.
Though hope it never becomes what reddit became!

I remember the time people never heard about reddit, when I told them: I use twitter, - they thought I'm living in my own imaginary universe 

The same may happen to stackerNews too. Today we're a unknown niche, tomorrow your neighbors discuss here how Bitcoin saved their relationship 

Let's enjoy the moment

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I think there is a place for both paying consumers of content and providers earning sats for good content but currently there are not enough consumers or decent content providers.

It may be a matter of reaching a critical mass where there is enough of both.

Currently Stacker News does not appear to have reached a sustainable critical mass- and as you say is more sustained by those wanting to be heard- but is that sustainable?

It certainly is a unique and interesting experiment in P2P V4V social media and has achieved a lot.

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I think there is a place for both paying consumers of content and providers earning sats for good content but currently there are not enough consumers or decent content providers. 
It may be a matter of reaching a critical mass where there is enough of both.
Currently Stacker News does not appear to have reached a sustainable critical mass- and as you say is more sustained by those wanting to be heard- but is that sustainable?
It certainly is a unique and interesting experiment in P2P V4V social media and has achieved a lot.