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Recently, various "social mining/points/identity" topics have been flooding the scene again. Basically, it’s about quantifying your activity, inviting referrals, and speech frequency as measurable KPIs. The badges look nice, but what I fear most is: time being drained, ultimately only earning a string of non-transferable numbers, and the product itself hasn't even met daily needs.
I currently have a simple method: first see if points can directly unlock features (rather than lottery/whitelist mysticism), then check if the data is verifiable on-chain and if the rules won’t be changed overnight. Otherwise, I’d rather say less and not force conversations just for "activity."
By the way, regarding market watching, when funding rates are extreme, the group starts arguing again about whether to reverse or continue squeezing the bubble... But in such times, it’s more like an amplifier of emotions; the more they argue, the more agitated they get. Anyway, I’ll first shift my focus back to things that can be used long-term, and not be led by badges. That’s all for now.