The need for a change of direction in terms of social dynamics, social media, moderation, community engagement, and easy access to a GUI / mobile wallet.
I would like to give my opinion (and receive feedback) on the current situation regarding leadership and decision-making. Although the team has limited funding solely for development and is focused on that, nothing seems to be in place to somehow regain visibility and maintain community support. Proposals such as having someone in charge of X (instructive posts + graphics), or properly selecting and instructing moderators on how to proceed on sites such as Discord, where currently only conversations about other projects (forks) abound. X page seem to be back on track. however, the reach is lost because there are no sub-topics on Telegram to separate/derive and make re-posts + orderly updates + community art + mining topic with guides + topic only for prices or the bot, nor calls from the community to work together or organize ourselves.
If for some reason there are people putting obstacles in the way, I would ask for some kind of rethinking about why these issues are being ignored. It will not improve unless they are addressed, according to what I read in a Neptune.cash publication : a sum of tokens was exchanged “for spices”, that is community services of this caliber. If the promised work is not being done, they should be returned. Reassign and include people who are truly capable, who care about the project and want to increase its visibility and content, or redirect them to fund a mobile Wallet .
I deeply admire and support the team’s vision, but the project seems to be being boycotted from multiple fronts and even internally. It does not help that these issues are being dealt with in an evasive or overly friendly manner or swept under the rug as is currently being done. This is a savage market, and at this rate, the dynamic that is being established is that the builders are working and were funded so that another project can simply succeed and copy their important future updates. This is unsustainable.
Thats a somewhat provocative first post. Food for thought.
Most of the issues you raise are, I think, intended for the founders to address, so I will not reply in detail.
However, it occurs to me that a project like Neptune can benefit from efforts of all interested and involved. You seem to have ideas and interest, so I wonder if you might like to spearhead one or more of the initiatives you suggest. If so, which, and what would you need from the team to get going?
(I just throw this out as a suggestion for all parties. I am not speaking for the project leadership.)
Thank you danda , and I apologize, it is not my intention to provoke in a negative way. My opinion is that you developers are doing and have done a great job, and that is why your work should be supported, delivered, and presented to the world in a more digestible, easy-to-understand, and accessible way, providing the community with a certain level of organization/ coordination in their chats (content creation, objectives, interaction with other related accounts, programming the bot with FAQ links and well-defined subtopics) so that anyone who joins, or even those already present who want to participate, don’t get lost in trivialities and find it easy to be receptive and subsequently also communicate and transfer all of that to Twitter or other platforms with greater impact and visibility.
Without any double meaning, please feel free to delete my post if it is not up to standard or not suitable for general forum discussions.
I just want the community to join forces, come to an agreement (not just one person), plan a viable/solid strategy, and carry it out, solely for the communication/graphic and social aspects.
The proposals mentioned in the first post are viable, but they need to be approved by the team and also foster a community environment where they can be addressed and this group of people can be consolidated. This group can also include external members (qualified professionals who have an affinity for or come from projects with more experience and the same theme/niche) or capable individuals from the community who can act as active maintainers and fulfill their role. At the very least, I think a discussion should be held to organize/optimize this section and redefine who can and cannot take on certain tasks, and redistribute the work accordingly if a previously agreed-upon arrangement is not being fulfilled efficiently
Hi Nik, thanks for the thoughts and their polite delivery.
In terms of social dynamics, social media, moderation, community engagement, regaining visibility, maintaining community support – we very much prefer these things to emerge organically and on a voluntary basis than from a top-down approach and with an expiration date for the funding. That preference is baked into the as-small-as-possible premine. And so Dan’s response is right on the mark: what are you volunteering to do? And if you are thinking of volunteering, please don’t wait for the approval or permission from any official sources. (Unless the activity involves acquiring a moderator badge or getting account access, in which case please reach out privately.)
In regards to the easy-to-access GUI / mobile wallet, have you seen neptune-proton? It’s a graphical user interface to the wallet that’s baked into neptune-core, which means that you need to run a neptune-core client. If this is not easy-to-access enough, I’d love to hear how we can improve it.
Issue a call to action. Invite people to join. Organize a virtual meeting room. Start from there. I think you’re the right person to spearhead this effort.