reply guys

Re:  dedegen and my position on the mod squad

Dear @jacek,

In season 6, you rolled out a new system you hadn't quite properly thought through.  Last minute, you caved to the biggest whales.  You told users to lock up their precious degen and receive an allowance to do what they want with. 

So they did.  They opened up channels for "tip-for-tip" and "401k matching" (which you condoned).

You misaligned incentives with the site's most active users, and now degen is being exploited by the people you bent the knee to.

NOW, you have appointed a select group of people to clean up this mess with subjective standards and burdened us with the responsibility of deciding "what's right."

If you want to unlock people's money and change the rules, fine.  

But I won't be a part of this.

Sincerely, 
Burr

It’s kinda wild to me that I logged into WC, IDK, 10+ times yesterday and never saw this cast even though I follow Burr and very nearly everyone in the replies 🫠 

But yeah - sad to see this super valid feedback just dismissed, this season hasn’t been good for anyone I’ve talked to in my circles, no one is happy and I’m glad I kept the majority of mine out cause feels like October unlock has potential to turn ugly

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Im happy with this season, it feels healthier. Of course not everyone is gonna be happy especially early adopters getting massive allocations. There were a lot ppl getting zip and couldn’t play the game, now everyone has a chance.

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Felt better to reward useful contributions than farmers who can afford to spend 10 grand for a tip but time will tell

I hear that man. I don’t know, it just didn’t feel healthy having to be on here 24/7 just to move up ranks. I feel less pressure and can balance out app a bit better now knowing I have an allocation and can be a part of the game.

Interesting to hear that - felt like it wasn’t my experience at all to have to be here all day in s5 - pop in, pop out whatever - was very pleasurable versus now

That’s because you had a decent allocation maybe? Maybe I’m wrong. The only way I was getting an allocation on here was being super active. That is not the case anymore.

I did have a great social rank based upon who was following me - seemed to be a much better indicator of quality honestly - now anyone can buy their way to the top with no effort and that doesn’t sit right with me

I can understand that perspective. The problem with the older seasons is it feels like the opportunity is only for early adopters and won’t bring in new users. If we wanna grow this app we have to figure out another way unless we don’t wanna grow it, then that’s a different story.

I agree but perhaps for different reasons - earlier seasons for me felt like it was easier to earn your way up the ranks by posting quality content - now to get a $10 a day allowance to tip you’d pay 200,000 DEGEN or roughly $1500 USD - if i were just starting I wouldn’t feel comfortable with that I don’t think. Idk is super complicated for sure - no idea what the actual solution is but as a long time user I don’t feel stoked