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You can’t be too hard on the red button people. They are just afraid. They’ve seen the worst of humanity and don’t want to risk their lives trusting human nature. I get it. I almost pressed red myself. They aren’t wrong. But blue pressers are willing to put their lives on the line for their beliefs. And that’s special. I pressed blue not because I believe, but because I want to believe!

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Something worth noting for the $SNAP allocation algorithm: it was built for the future, not the past. Hypersnap doesn’t have the benefit of a pool of VC money to run nodes and encourage users/builders. All of this is done by the community and incentivized by a community token. But a token with a bad mechanism can’t work in the long run. So the team churned through dozens of different allocation algorithms and got feedback internally and externally. This is how major botnets were found and their network impacts significantly reduced algorithmically, not manually. Why is this important? Anyone running a similar botnet in the future won’t be rewarded. This is baked into the allocation algorithm. The team used past data to come up with a solid algorithm for the future. This algorithm was created in public via the FIP process and can be changed the same way. So if you’re wondering why x got y, it’s because they had some sort of network impact in the past. And their efforts will helped Hypersnap shape the algorithm to avoid farmers in the future.

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Without the fork, there’s no guarantee/hope that FC keeps running if/when Neynar shuts down or decides to pivot. The FC network is currently a permissioned set of nodes. Hypersnap is a permissionless set of nodes. Anyone can run a hypersnap node. Soon there will be token incentives to run a node. If nothing else, it’s a useful escape hatch if anything happens to Neynar. Philosophically, I don’t believe a VC-backed company can create a truly decentralized social platform.

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Lessons from 2 cycles ago for anyone feeling stress around fork dicussions: 1) You don’t owe anyone attention or energy. You choose who gets it. Choose wisely. 1b) Block and mute liberally for sanity. 2) Action >>> Talk. Talk will get you nowhere. If you want something to happen, do something. Write an FIP. Write some sample code. Anything. The world moves at the whims of those who act. 3) It’s not that important. It’s definitely not more important than your health. Go for a walk, read a book, sleep. This crap will be here when you get back.

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