New Delegate Compensation scheme

[Raphael_Anode]

Thanks to everyone who participated in the votes.

The thresholds to participation will be:

• 90k stRIF min delegation
• Likes will no longer be counted towards the delgate score
• Tie break between 180 min and >240 min of read time (counting @DAOplomats only once everywhere)

@Curia

With that in mind, we’d suggest setting the baseline at 4h (240 min), grounded in actual behavior, not arbitrary. Low enough not to penalize delegates during natural dips like the holiday period, but high enough that it can’t be gamed with minimal effort.

Thanks to Curia for their aggregation of read time data. we will set the baseline to 240 mins for now.

All of these metrics aren’t set in stone but represent the ongoing evolution of the program.

On seat count

Last month we correctly identified that the harsh cutoff at seat 6 penalized delegates who clearly did put in the work, yet didn’t make the cut. Maybe because they’re quick readers, maybe because of AI usage. Many factors can contribute here.

A cutoff at a specific seat will inevitably lead to a gaming arms race, because no one wants to go home empty after showing up for a month.

We will keep the seat number uncapped for now.

Since the inception of the delegate program we had 6 delegates drop out and 2 joining the roster of those that achieve compensation on a regular basis. There seems to be little risk of additional accounts swamping the program, especially given the high bar we’re setting now.
Delegates can also vote to remove another delegate from the roster, if they agree that the delegate in question isn’t bringing value to the table. This can happen via a Forum poll with a minimum of one week of duration, with voters set to visible.

Uncapped seats will also find their natural equilibrium when teams drop out once they feel compensation isn’t worth it. But once more, we see low risk in that regard in the current data.

Important to keep the actual Collective in mind when making these decisions and not optimizing for a theoretical optimium.

Compensation this month

With these metrics now firmly in place we will calculate the compensation eligiblity using the thresholds that have been voted on here and an uncapped seat counts.

Thanks to everyone who contributed constructively to this discussion. Onwards to new heights for the Collective and RIF.