Don’t worry, it doesn’t have to be “just an opinion”, I am perfectly capable of starting a Proposal Vote about this.
If your participation in the DAO is motivated by anything else than attempting to raise the value of Decentraland and MANA, then YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG !
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The thing is, if I’m ALREADY an active participant in a DAO at a stage where there are no rewards for participation - then I’m ALREADY sufficiently motivated to be an active participant. Therefore, there’s absolutely nothing “wrong” with suddenly receiving a “certificate” or a ranger badge for being involved in the life of the company.
Your point of view is quite clear to me, and it’s ineed great that you wrote your vision of the subject. I wanted to share mine (different from your), so that a passive reader of the forum doesn’t get the impression that your vision is unequivocally good and there is other POV as well 
A simple example: if, while walking through the metaverse, I suddenly encounter a character whose profile shows that they have participated in 1000 votes in the DCL DAO - I will immediately have a “special” attitude towards them compared to some random noname avatar without any signs of their involvement in the ecosystem’s life. At the very least, I’ll want to express my respect and give him a high five 🫸🫷
Do you really think the number of users who would be voting at random daily just to eventually get a “1k badge” would be that insignificant ?
I really think that the vast majority of those who are concerned about getting a “1k badge” in the metaverse will be really concerned about the content of the votes that determine the future of this metaverse, within which they are so preoccupied with leveling up their reputation and status.
maaagic 
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Provided that this badge cannot be sold, of course 
Well it’s fine to think that, but unless you’ve done psychological studies or even simple polls to ascertain whether or not this is the case, it is a bit premature to move to an actual implementation phase of whatever principle is at hand.
Seriously, there are 3 issues that I feel are obvious:
- if someone is actually concerned about the content of the votes, they really won’t be needing any incentive to actually want to weigh in with their concerns, so this part of the proposal actually serves no purpose;
- the concern anyone might have about the content of their vote matters very little if they have little to no VP to begin with, so this part of the proposal serves no purpose either;
- if someone has a lot of VP, and doesn’t know how to vote, incentivizing them to go vote anyway is a rather dubious suggestion, so this part of the proposal is actually arguably a BAD IDEA.
It is already the fact that DCL should not be considered a game platform, but a social experience platform.
It is even more the case that the Governance itself should not be treated as a game !
That DCL is under a ghost-town curse, and that the DAO’s Town Hall is currently fairly deserted, are two problems of a totally different nature. Even though they are fairly intricately connected, they still require totally different solutions, great care should be taken in keeping them separate.
I don’t think we need to conduct psychological studies to make the argument that an achievement badge will have no significant impact on how people are voting. We already have these in the forum and participation has only gone down since their implementation.
I don’t agree, I think it’s the main path to success.
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Just commenting for “Vote to Earn” system
Being rewarded for clicking a “YES” or “NO” (or whatever choice) button is wrong. It is not different than giving “5 stars” on app store for a game you play just for the “rewards”. DAO is not a game.You vote because you believe in DCL.
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agree, I’m against vote to earn
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Hey there Ozymandias, thanks for your detailed feedback.
On Vote-to-Earn: We’ve carefully considered community’s concerns about the potential implications of implementing a VOTE TO EARN mechanic. Based on community input, we’ve decided to not proceed with this feature at this time. We believe that it’s important to preserve the core values of Decentraland and ensure that governance remains a thoughtful and inclusive process.
On Data storage: We want to clarify that the proposed solution was designed to be cost-effective and timely, while still providing a high level of security. The initial proposal didn’t include full decentralization of data storage as this would inevitably increase the cost of development, as well as increase the development time. It’s worth mentioning that maintaining this way of storing data also has a higher cost.
If the community continues to express a strong desire for a more decentralized solution, data could be moved to a fully decentralized infrastructure in the future. This may require a separate governance process, as this wasn’t part of the requirements of the initial proposal.
BR, DAPPCRAFT
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