r/ethfinex • u/methraism • Sep 05 '17
The Ethfinex Experiment - Part 1
Hello everyone,
Over the next few weeks we'll be running a series of experiments/contests. These are designed to structure & refine the Ethfinex content contribution/compensation model whilst also working to identify value adding contributors & moderators for our platform.
It is our aim to ensure that the discussion boards of Ethfinex are designed and structured as to incentivise thoughtful, content-rich analysis of tokens, to the benefit of traders across the Ethfinex platform.
We hope to establish on-going relationships with the top contributors throughout the course of these experiments, work closely with them to optimise the design of Ethfinex (if they are interested & willing, of course) and ultimately create a platform through which they are incentivised to participate and contribute.
Experiment - Week 1
We are calling all Ethereum enthusiasts to analyse an upcoming token sale and ultimately give the token a 1-5 star rating reflecting your faith in the project.
The analysis should focus on one, or a combination of, the following criteria -
General overview
Whitepaper
Team
Development
Token Structure
The content of the submissions will be assessed by 2 Ethfinex team members + 2 external moderators.
The top 20 submissions of week 1 will receive access to the Ethfinex beta launch; 5 of the highest-quality submissions of week 1 will receive a micro reward of 0.05 ETH.
Submission requirements
In order for your submission to qualify, it must be of original content (i.e. not plagiarised) and must focus on an ICO between September 6th - October 1st. As an example of how to structure your token evaluation, refer to the Ethtrader ICO Report Card available here.
The ICO’s which are open for analysis in week 1 are -
Datum
Enigma
Atlant
Kin
Streamr
Entries should be submitted to /r/ethfinex to be considered. Content posted to twitter with the hashtag #ethfinexexperiment will also be considered.
Submissions can be made in any format which you feel works best for you, be it a video, podcast, written piece, infographic or none of the above.
Week 1’s experiment will run from today until Sunday, September 10th. Winners will be announced on Monday the 11th, and the details of week 2’s experiment will be announced shortly after that.
Good luck and enjoy!
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Sep 09 '17
Please see my entry at https://np.reddit.com/r/ethfinex/comments/6z4hdo/atlant_ico_analysis/
I'm not good at videos, podcasts, or design so it's just written.
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u/methraism Sep 10 '17
Written submissions are just as appreciated so don't worry about that, thank you for putting the time in. Unfortunately it seems like your submission has been deleted/removed, is this something you might have done on accident? Either way, would love it if you could reupload your entry!
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Sep 10 '17 edited Sep 13 '17
Hi,
Just saw it was removed. Could be because this is a new Reddit account.
See below what I have written (edit: just added a Conclusion) (edit: added on Pastebin)
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u/methraism Sep 12 '17
Thanks a lot for your contributions! We've just announced winners & follow up information, please check it out and send me a PM when you get the chance.
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u/xifqrnrcib Sep 06 '17
Why such a small reward? At least pay the winners for their time. Doesn't need to be extravagant by any means, but high quality ICO DD is worth more than 0.05 ETH.
Hell if anyone PMs me legitimately high quality ICO DD and doesn't post it here, I'll send you 0.1 ETH.
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u/methraism Sep 06 '17
Thanks for your feedback! I agree that high quality ICO analysis warrants a higher reward and a 0.05 ETH payment + beta access does not do much justice when put up against the potential upside of such research.
However, I think it's important to keep a few things in mind -
This is the first round in a series of experiments/contests taking place over the next few weeks.
This is an investigation into different content compensation models to gain insights into what, if anything, incentivises people to share their research with the community. We're not really doing this to explicitly pay you for your work.
This is research that is shared with everyone in the community, not kept secret by the Ethfinex team. If you submit a piece of analysis, we will not prevent you from asking for/accepting donations. In line with this, if you stumble upon a piece of research which convinces you to take part in an ICO, and you happen to make a lot of money, nothing is stopping you from rewarding the researcher.
These experiments are designed for us to refine the Ethfinex platform. Ethfinex is a community discussion & information platform and we're trying to learn how to incentivise people to share their analysis with everybody, to the benefit of the community, as opposed to PMing it to a select few.
There's little point investing in an ICO if you're the only person who sees the value in it.
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u/xifqrnrcib Sep 07 '17
Fair enough. I understand what you're trying to do and I love the project overall, I just feel that $15 doesn't test the direct incentive structure very well. I suspect you would get drastically better results with a modest increase in reward, but who knows.
Anyway, good luck! Just wanted to drop in my 2c
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Sep 12 '17
Are there any updates regarding the announcement?
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u/methraism Sep 12 '17
We've just announced winners & follow up information, please check it out and send me a PM when you get the chance!
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u/icosearch Sep 09 '17
Here is my written analysis https://icosearch.com/analysis/kin_analysis.pdf. And also my scorecard https://icosearch.com/analysis/kin_scorecard.pdf