observation: the people i knew who were here back in the heyday earlier this year of degen and frame mania etc etc left the platform NOT because the price of $degen went down (as is the commonly cited narrative nowadays), but, in fact, directly in response to the power badges being implemented. 

is it possible that the narrative about user decline being bc everyone was just here for the money/chash grab and then dioped out is AT LEAST only a half-truth, and serves to obsure the truth that would point to another culprit that still continues to exist in the form of the dev teams continued preoccupation with “spam filtering” and moderation as the number one priority? 

thoughts?

i think it's all (mostly) about the money. isolate the variable and then decide what would have happened:

1) Degen continued to rocket + every new coin goes up + power badge

2) Everything tanks to zero + no power badge

of course, no decision is 100% tied to anyone factor but money first and foremost

i also think the overall algorithm for the feed is more damaging then just the Power Badge. PB is like an outcome of the bigger curation issue. Just let me see everyone and determine who i want to see more of or less of. It's so simple it keeps me up at night.

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fr fr its so confusing how simple it seems it should be