Degen

Here’s what led to bans this season:

1. McDegen Bot Overuse: Users who sent 60% or more of their tips to the McDegen bot were banned. Mint.club wasn’t intended to be a quick monetization method, but unfortunately, that’s how it’s been used.

2. High Tip Reciprocity: We analyzed how often tips were reciprocated. For example, if you tipped someone 100 DEGEN and they tipped you back 100 DEGEN, reciprocity was 100%. We leaned in favor of users by analyzing the 40th percentile. If 60% or more of the users you tipped reciprocated at least 95% of the amount you tipped them, you were flagged. For example, if you consistently received 95 DEGEN back for every 100 DEGEN you tipped more than 60% of the time, you were banned.

Let’s take a closer look at Rule #2. 

According to this rule, if you receive back 95% or more of the tips you’ve given in 60% of cases, you get banned. But why could this happen unfairly? Here are a few real scenarios where users get falsely flagged: 

1️⃣ Receiving Tips from High-Allowance Users:
Imagine you create an artwork, receive tips for it, and return a portion of those tips as a token of appreciation. However, because your allowance is lower than theirs, you end up receiving more than you give. Result? False ban! ❌

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5️⃣ Helping with Debugging: 
You assist a project in debugging an issue (e.g., I once reported a bug to @cojo.eth, and he helped fix it). To thank him, I tipped him, but since he appreciated my help, he tipped me back even more. Result? False ban #5. ❌

Wooof, that’s rough 😮‍💨 sorry about that.

no worries🫶. It’s just part of my culture to give back a portion of the tip, but unfortunately, it led to a mistake and got me banned.