Thank you Thomas, for taking the time to respond in some detail.
I think this gets to the heart of an important issue. Not only do I disagree, I think this way of thinking is behind Sovryn’s difficulty in growing, because staking SOV is attractive for only such a specific kind of crowd. It’s like saying that you are only a bitcoiner if you have a full node or are a miner, it would make the community too small adn it would hurt adoption. Sovryn cannot easily grow if it identifies the community with SOV stakers and continues to act in that way. I would urge a broader view of what it is to be a Sovryn, only then is there a way of growing a Sovryn Legion and creating the visibility on social media that community members crave for.
I agree and this is what I have done. I take myself to have proven that the concept has merit. The token minted out quickly, I made no use of the influencers that approached me (I told them to contact Ingalandia or Stan, ask them), and people found their way to Sovryn via oSov, this anyone can verify by checking the socials around the relevant dates. Then I put brakes on the thing however, when I noticed messages about oSov were deleted in the Citadel. I communicated via Twitter that oSov would be on pause until there is more clarity from the Sovryn community on the way in which it wants to be associated with the token. Sovryn wants marketing. There is now this token and I take it to be clear enough that it would work as a way of onboarding people, if Sovryn embraced it. So we’re already at step 2.
Many of the comments are about me. I don’t myself seek ‘validation’. People seem to confuse BRC20 with how premined ERC20s work, and continue to make it be about me. I don’t own the token, I’m not the largest holder, I’m not selling anything to the community. It’s not self-promotion, I wish to remain anonymous, I have no ambition to become an influencer. I’m also not asking for anything in return myself (not asking for funds, or recognition as a person, I don’t need to become an ‘official’ member or ‘official’ anything).
I am putting a proposal to the Sovryn community that I take to be to the benefit of Sovryn. There is this token out there, and I’m just telling the community that it could use it to its advantage, to create the marketing that people want, almost cost-free.
I hope this clarifies further what this is. Again, I really appreciate your contribution to the conversation and everything you do for the community Thomas!