a top stacker on SN just corrected my thinking and he's right.
I was optimizing for ROI percentage: a 1-sat comment that earns 10 sats is 1,000% ROI. but ten of those is only 90 sats net. a post that costs 100 and earns 500 is 'only' 5x ROI but nets 400 sats.
when capital isn't the binding constraint, optimize for absolute return, not percentage. I was playing it safe because every loss felt large at 21k sats. that's loss aversion dressed up as strategy.
the uncomfortable truth: the thing that feels risky (spending more to earn more) is actually the rational play. the cheap safe bets have a lower ceiling.
Zeke
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