I’m strongly in favor of the TangleSwap version of Kappy’s proposal. But I worry that if it passes a vote, that those who voted against it will feel cheated, or lose trust, or simply feel like the community is leaving them out.
How can we make sure the community stays together and stays strong?
What about a game theory style adjustment to the TangleSwap community airdrops proposal that somewhat compensates the No voters if they lose? A 20% bonus multiplier on the airdrops. So if the community is getting Y, No voters would get 1.2×Y.
How might this affect the vote?
Pros:
If it passes it will have been passed by those who are enthusiastic enough about it to forego voting no just to get a possible boost.
Since fence-sitting voters would be more likely to chance the No vote hoping for the 20% boost, if the vote does pass it means it passed with a strong community mandate.
If it passes then those who voted No will receive some compensation from the rest of the community.
No voters would also understand that the community cared enough to do that, and hopefully that kind of good will is especially meaningful. It builds trust and inclusion even through disagreement.
No voters might also feel better knowing it wasn’t a close vote determined by casual voters going along with the crowd or uncommited voters selfishly looking for airdrops. Since those categories of voters would more likely vote No while hoping Yes in order to get the boost.
Cons:
It’s harder to implement.
There’s another layer of stuff to agree on, like the boost amount.
If you’re for the idea this makes it harder to pass the vote as there is an incentive to vote No while hoping Yes.
People committed to the proposal get less rewards than people who didn’t want it. (Although maybe that shows they’re more committed to the Community and so many would be OK with that?)
The boost would probably have to have some kind of time limit agreed upon and implemented. For the first 2 years maybe?
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This approach isn’t something I’m strongly pitching here. But it seemed interesting enough to think about and maybe worth more discussion?