Thank you for this update. 1UP is very intriguing to me, and I was happy to read about these plans for the future. It is, of course, great to know Utopian is part of those plans. It is certainly an interesting way to use the upcoming SMTs, and I look forward to seeing this vision come to fruition.

I do, however, have some comments regarding style, grammar, and proofreading. I will cite and examine a couple examples:

• "To create a system that is able to direct high upvotes to a few collectively selected posts we have to create efficient hurdles for potential abuse and allow every movement to earn a place for themselves without being overrun by them either" is a very long sentence, unbroken by commas. It also has other issues. Here's what I would do with it: "To create a system that is able to direct high upvotes to a few, collectively selected posts, we have to create efficient hurdles for potential abuse." With a couple of commas and a period, this is a fine sentence. I would take the second half, and make it a separate sentence: "We must also allow every movement to earn a place for itself without being overrun by them." I added a bit at the start, and changed "themselves" to "itself." Once you specify "every movement," your talking in the singular, so you would use the singular "itself." "Them" is fine, because you are, after all, talking all the movements. "either" is redundant. I would also add that I am not sure "movement" is best word here, but you are free to choose your own nomenclature.

• "Instead of creating a inhouse solution we will use the API of the brand new @userauthority that acts like an alternative reputation system based on a more hivemind formula itself." This sentence could also use the addition of commas. Commas are awesome. So: "Instead of creating an in-house solution, we will use..." works. Note that I replaced "a" with "an" before "in-house," because "in-house" starts with a vowel sound. I also replaced "inhouse" with "in-house," because that is the correct term. On to the rest of the sentence. If you want it to all be once sentence, that's okay - though I would split it - but it does need reworking. "the API of the brand new @userauthority, that acts like an alternative reputation system based on a hivemind formula." This is, as far as I understand the sentence, the intended statement. You used the word "more" without stating more than what. And the word "itself" seems redundant.

I often recommend Hemingway for help seeing some of style and grammar issues with a post. In this case, I would also recommend reading the post aloud. When you find yourself pausing in a sentence, or realize you should be pausing, it's probably a good place for a comma.

I look forward to seeing more contributions from you, and following 1UP progression.

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