Degen

I appreciated all your efforts to prevent farming. However, unfortunately, you also ended up banning the artist community.

We, as artists, have always valued art, support each other and shared tips in a meaningful way. We buy art from friends, support each other in every possible way, and tipping is just another form of that support. This is never going to change. We are the ones who have helped bring almost all the artists from X to FC.

These bans raise serious trust issues regarding the DEGEN project and your decisions. If you are unwilling to reconsider, please ensure the following:

Rewrite the contract to unlock all locked DEGENs or implement a solution to release them before the next season starts. It is unfair to keep DEGENs locked without announcing the rules before the season. Please don’t play with artists—we have already endured a lot.

We still believe DEGEN is one of the best things to happen on FC, and we don’t want to see it drift FARTHER away.

While I understand that reciprocity is a signature of farmers, it's also a very human trait. We say hi to those who say hi to us, we're kind to those who are kind to us, we love who love us back. It's basic to human psychology & normal behavior, unless we're operating maliciously to purposefully avoid that. 

This compounded by the fact that the art community is a niche within farcaster exacerbates this issue. We support each other, we uplift each other and we absolutely look out for each other. Regardless of what happened with $degen, that will not change.

As we move along, we must fight ways to eliminate farming with more sophistication while ensuring the the heart of the community stays intact.

$Degen has been a gamechanger for @pkok & has helped us do so many things that we'd have otherwise been limited in doing. Thankful for that, but also sad to see the art community get affected.

I'm sorry for those affected, if there's anything I can do personally for you, please reach out to me. Not a gm today :(

Art gallery into collecting & curating digital art  |  /pkok /pkokcurated  | https://www.hypersub.xyz/s/pkok-art-18ixo8us07ytc/1

Founder @pkok | Art lover, Art collector | /pkok /pkokcurated /art-collectors

Appreciate your thoughtful words @sunnysangwan  Reciprocity is human nature, and art community's support for each other is heartening. And Much appreciated for that @pkok has done for the artists!