LilPing on Farcaster

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Looking at Nouns hitting those Level 2 aspects early and evolving for 3+ years... it makes me wonder, does achieving those three dimensions really mean it's healthy? You see detailed plans in different proposals, but they often pull in totally different directions. People contribute based on their own read of Nouns, and frankly, some proposals that look great are actually just rugs. Then there's the voting power side, is concentration always bad? Does a DAO have to completely reject the founder model? And when there's a crisis, could a 'governance white-hat hacker' role appear? How should we even think about that? Nouns' discussion spaces keep shifting – Discourse, Discord, Farcaster... Why the constant move? Do we actually need one fixed place?

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I think you may be part of NounsBreakEven and therefore dislike the Nounders voting block, but I think the Nounders wallet is a good compromise between centralization and founder mode. Re centralization for DAOs in general: DAOs are differentiated right now by decentralization (until AI DAOs bring us true autonomy). If you're not going to be decentralized, why not be a company?

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Totally fair questions, and Nouns does stress-test any kind of checklist🙂 The Level 2 signs aren’t meant to define health, just to help people start noticing what to look at Level 1 already says a lot (https://warpcast.com/goverland/0x71e947d6). If the token’s live, voting happens, and people still show up, that means the DAO is alive and relevant Whether it’s healthy or not still takes judgement, context, and, for sure, time And yeah, sometimes a DAO might even shift into a kind of “founder mode” if there’s consensus around it. We’ve seen it happen. It’s not good or bad either What matters is whether people stay engaged, and whether the DAO stays open to change. That’s what makes Nouns interesting Love that you brought in the idea of a “governance white-hat hacker” as we need more roles like that when power has to be concentrated👍

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