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Honestly, I thought the Pro badge was meant for the first 10k top users!

But now it’s clear that every account tier has it. So there’s really no difference between a high-level user and a low-level one. :)

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It is a simple trick to those who think they can look smarter or professional or whatever just by buying a badge. Let them be happy and we regain our money someone said :)

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Totally agree and good points. I don't think it should be taken as a sole signal, but rather in the greater context of interactivity, other behaviours etc, which I think is possible with FC. For example those who jeet airdrops being less likely to be chosen by other companies to airdrop to, or in lesser amount, than those who take action around the airdrops, hold, stake, whatever

One thing specific to onchain ecosystems is that you fundamentally need to structure in a way that responds to the fact that you will have mass extractors attempting to enter and extract.

So you need to have some greater mechanisms of friction in place to separate from that layer of user base. With AI bots etc I suspect it gets harder every day lol

But clearly putting up more of a paywall does filter out more bots etc. Unfortunately also real people.

Totally get your point, and I agree that paying for access and holding an NFT can serve as an initial signal of more committed users. But I think paying $120 doesn’t necessarily reflect credibility or content quality — just willingness to spend. Financial signals can’t replace social or content-based signals. This model risks turning the platform into a pay-to-play environment, rather than an open, participatory space. We’ve seen with Twitter Blue how pay-for-verification can quickly erode user trust. Tools like NFTs or badges can be helpful, but only when combined with real systems for reputation, contribution, and content quality.
Overall, the ideas are interesting and I’m curious to see how it develops, but I do think there’s still work to be done to balance accessibility with meaningful filtering. 🙇🏻‍♂️

It tells you who has $120 to put into a discretionary spent, and the 10k NFTs tell you who's paying attention and did it quickly. Definitely let's you find/discover an active/vetted user group.

Will be useful for people who are wanting to potentially interact with a more higher signal group that is less likely to be bots & farmers

Will definitely be curious to see how it plays out

The longer form content & 4 pictures per post could also be interesting. Curious if they're goign to be all lumped at the end (probably) or able to be put in between text (unlikely lol)