Cruisin' along the tides

Time for another update and a refresh of sorts! We had a pretty quiet week within the server and there weren't as many updates as we've had in the past few weeks, but we did manage to get our weekly checklist set up and ready to go. We have also downsized some of the channels to make them more digestible and we've introduced a channel specifically for finding out how to invite others. Plus, I'll let you know what's going on with the token.

This is going to be a relatively brief post in comparison to the others, so hopefully, I won't take up too much of your time today!

Did someone say bonus rewards?

Our #weekly-checklist channel is now open for all members to visit! The introduction of the checklist is for any member who wants to earn bonus tokens each week on top of the tokens they're currently receiving for their participation in the features. We have different bonuses for each role so that the more engaging members receive a better stake for their involvement.

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Here is the table describing the amounts:

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As you can see, we have a minimum guideline for the features available at your role. This is required to receive the bonus reward but once you reach the minimum, you can use any other methods to increase your token count for that week.

The timeframe for the checklist will run inline with our payout date, which is Wednesday, and you don't need to worry about telling us you're participating in the checklist... our system is set up so that you will receive tokens for any level of engagement, if you reach the target we will know and your bonus will be added.

Trim away the fat

We've been taking on board feedback and making sure that we trim back some of the channels so that it is even easier for any new members to get started. We had a big downsize last week to make the server more appealing to our members and we have continued to reduce the fluff in a couple of our channels this week for maximum clarity.

Simplicity and understanding come first.

What are the roles?

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The big one was our #fish-of-the-sea channel. Last month, I had written out this channel as if it was some kind of assignment and it ended up being a huge block of text. This isn't attractive to the average user and ain't nobody got time for dat.

Is it easier to understand what we all do?

Get moving!

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As well as the #fish-of-the-sea channel, we also reduced down the #quick-start channel. We're aware that people don't have the time to read an awful lot when we are already reading a lot as it is, this being through our following or from our curation efforts. The #quick-start channel is now 10 bullet points to give you the goods in rapid time.

What do you think about the channel now?

Do you know anyone who'd appreciate BuddyUP?

A few members over the past fortnight have asked about inviting people they know to the server. This is great but we try to invite people in a particular way. As we've stated before, we don't leave any external site arrows in our comments from BuddyUP. This is an attempt to disassociate ourselves from any potential phishing links, external malicious sites and so on and so forth.

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We've set up a channel in the server called #invite-friends which explains this all a bit clearer for anybody who wants to invite anybody over to the server. If you invite somebody over, drop me a message and I'll rank them up to Tetra for a grand total of 0 SBD. If you're inviting someone over, they're bound to be a great member of the community.

Token time

As most of you already know, we have our own token for the BuddyUP community. It's rewarded for engagement with others in the server and also for your involvement with the various feature. Some of you are well aware of the end goal for our token but some of you may still be curious as to why you want to grab hold of some BUDDYUP.

First of all, this token will give you a stronger voice in the future of BuddyUP. We reward people for their engagement because those who are actively involved are the type of people we want to see in our future.

Secondly, this first token is just the beginning. I have no doubts that many other communities will create their own tokens over time, probably when it comes to the SMT stage, so we want to figure this all out with our BitShares token right now. We will eventually release an SMT for BuddyUP down the line which we will be planning to use as a reward for engagement and involvement, as well as another utility which will be presented in the near future.

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So why do I need to earn tokens now?

The amount of BUDDYUP (Our BitShares token) you hold when our SMT is released, determines the amount of SMT you will receive. Think of it as a trade up.

Two important points to note... our BitShares token is whitelist only. Our SMT will be public.

This may all be very confusing and you might be sitting there with your head in your hands without a clue, so if you want to know more about this, you can contact me on Discord and we can discuss it further. If you are wanting to wait for future posts about the token, you can expect to see these in the next few weeks.

Wrap this up

We will be hosting our Drop in the Ocean show tomorrow at 20:00 UTC which is always an exciting one to stop by too! If you want to find out some more information about our show, you can find the details towards the end of this post. We're looking forward to seeing you there!

Thanks for keeping up to date! If you're new, you can find our discord server here in our SafeLink post. Have you checked out our posts in night mode? And finally....

We all grow together

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This has been @calumam, thanks for reading.

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