Thank you, Kiri, for the questions. I am trying to answer them as good as I can:
- Which area of the DAO activity deserves the most attention from the SWAT program?
I think the greatest challenge StakeWise is currently facing is outreach and publicity. Seemingly, we are still pretty much under the radar of the whole staking sphere. So, my focus would be to create incentives for DAO members to help spread the word. See the next question for some examples of what I have in mind.
The goal being to increase the community and with that, TVL.
The second thing that, I think, needs some attention is community building and growth, which both tie right into the first point.
- What are the examples of some specific tasks you would lobby to get included into the SWAT program? What would be your winning selection criteria for these tasks?
I have various tasks and projects in mind that could improve visibility, outreach and publicity. Here are some examples, in no particular order:
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Grow the community: Incentivize SWAT members to invite others to the community, e. g. the Discord. We can track invites with bots and call out winners every month - whoever invites the most people that convert into community members wins and receives the incentive. There can be one winner, or there can be two or three.
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Social Media Campaigns: Incentivize SWAT members to write blogs, Twitter posts, Reddit posts etc. that increase awareness about StakeWise. We could run various “missions”, where we call for writing how-to articles, as an example, or count participation in Reddit posts where StakeWise is mentioned. Another idea could be a “Youtuber Outreach Campaign”, where SWAT members reach out to their favorite crypto youtubers and get them to make videos about StakeWise.
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Support the community: The team can only do so much to answer questions on Discord and Telegram. We could create a SWAT taskforce that acts as “Community Support”, consisting of members that know StakeWise inside out and can support community members with their questions. Ideally, we always have at least one person around at any given time, to monitor Discord/Telegram and answer questions. Those who participate in this program will get paid in SWISE as an incentive.
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Engage the community: Incentive SWAT members to engage with the community in a fun way. This can be a simple as talking to people, start interesting dicussions and so on, but could also lead to creating events for the community like game nights, as an example. This can be incentivized.
These are just some examples and not very well planned out yet, given how early we are in building the SWAT. But as mentioned above, I think outreach/publicity/marketing are very important right now, and community building leads to similar outcomes (a happy community that is engaged and commited will also spread the word, which leads to more outreach - perpeteum mobile).
- What are the metrics by which to judge the success of the SWAT program?
That is really hard to tell at this point. I think it really depends on what kind of tasks and missions we set up for the SWAT. If one goal is more outreach, we can measure community growth, we can measure social media mentions, etc.
- Would you participate in the SWAT program as a SWAT member (i.e. completing tasks instead of setting them)?
I think I would, yes.
- In your opinion, what is the most important rule to follow to ensure a healthy resolution of a disagreement on the internet?
Swinging the ban hammer, of course.
No, just kidding. This plays into community moderation best practices and really depends on what kind of disagreement we are talking about. The goal should always be to deescalate. As someone who moderated Discord servers since 2015, I really live by Discord’s own moderation guidelines found in the Discord Moderator Acadamy and try to follow them where possible - because they make sense. In particular, the “FACILITATING POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTS” is a very good guide.
This is all I have right now for the mandatory questions. I am looking forward to answer questions from the community.