02-18-2023, 09:03 PM
[SERIOUS] MOONS baseline value is driven by the sub community
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>A big bump in moons has caused a lot of excitement in the last month.</p> <p>We've introduced banner sales, with big businesses lining up to purchase. Moonplace has provided another avenue for using moons.</p> <p>So should we place a greater focus on moons in this sub?</p> <p>I don't think so.</p> <p>The projects built to utilise moons are only as successful as the CryptoCurrency subreddit which underlies it.</p> <p>A sub of 6.1 million members. 10,500 of those members made a contribution to earn at least 1 moon in the last distribution. That's a lot of highly targeted potential customers for any new project.</p> <p>So what happens if people come just for the moons?</p> <p>Community engagement drops. Those looking for genuine conversations find other places to go.</p> <p>Your targeted customers change.</p> <p>New projects won't garner the same kind of engagement. New projects lack sales and begin to fail. Advertisers stop buying banners.</p> <p>The faith in moons drops. The price of moons drops.</p> <p>I have participated in online communities since the 90s, and seen plenty of forums slip from prosperous times to wastelands in mere months.</p> <p>Crypto currency conversation must remain the clear primary focus of the sub. Moons must remain somewhere in the distance, as a side-benefit, the thing you find out about after participating for a while. Not front-and-center and the first thing that hits you when you walk in the door.</p> <p>The quality of the subreddit, and therefore the price of moons, relies on it.</p> <p>So when we are thinking about sub proposals, take a moment and think about how it may impact the focus and quality of the sub.</p> <p>Thoughts?</p> <p>---</p> <p>Side notes:</p> <p>My intention isn't to come off as "holier than thou". I've got a bag of moons, I want to see the price go up as much as anyone else.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Mr_Bob_Ferguson"> /u/Mr_Bob_Ferguson </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/115ckx9/serious_moons_baseline_value_is_driven_by_the_sub/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/115ckx9/serious_moons_baseline_value_is_driven_by_the_sub/">[comments]</a></span>
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>A big bump in moons has caused a lot of excitement in the last month.</p> <p>We've introduced banner sales, with big businesses lining up to purchase. Moonplace has provided another avenue for using moons.</p> <p>So should we place a greater focus on moons in this sub?</p> <p>I don't think so.</p> <p>The projects built to utilise moons are only as successful as the CryptoCurrency subreddit which underlies it.</p> <p>A sub of 6.1 million members. 10,500 of those members made a contribution to earn at least 1 moon in the last distribution. That's a lot of highly targeted potential customers for any new project.</p> <p>So what happens if people come just for the moons?</p> <p>Community engagement drops. Those looking for genuine conversations find other places to go.</p> <p>Your targeted customers change.</p> <p>New projects won't garner the same kind of engagement. New projects lack sales and begin to fail. Advertisers stop buying banners.</p> <p>The faith in moons drops. The price of moons drops.</p> <p>I have participated in online communities since the 90s, and seen plenty of forums slip from prosperous times to wastelands in mere months.</p> <p>Crypto currency conversation must remain the clear primary focus of the sub. Moons must remain somewhere in the distance, as a side-benefit, the thing you find out about after participating for a while. Not front-and-center and the first thing that hits you when you walk in the door.</p> <p>The quality of the subreddit, and therefore the price of moons, relies on it.</p> <p>So when we are thinking about sub proposals, take a moment and think about how it may impact the focus and quality of the sub.</p> <p>Thoughts?</p> <p>---</p> <p>Side notes:</p> <p>My intention isn't to come off as "holier than thou". I've got a bag of moons, I want to see the price go up as much as anyone else.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Mr_Bob_Ferguson"> /u/Mr_Bob_Ferguson </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/115ckx9/serious_moons_baseline_value_is_driven_by_the_sub/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/115ckx9/serious_moons_baseline_value_is_driven_by_the_sub/">[comments]</a></span>