Rebirth: I Work as a Security Guard at Ethos!

I Want to Get Up Early!

To be honest, students are just like this, right? 😭 The source of all evil is still the clock-in mechanism of the exam king @CalmanBTC.

At first, everyone created a group to discuss Ethos's scoring mechanism and found that it basically belongs to a clear card score type. Each value range has specific content and limits. So, the daily routine is roughly Vouch, review, and clock-in.

This DAU mechanism is really 'something.' Generally, the check-in function of projects refreshes at a fixed time every day. Ethos requires a 24-hour interval to check in. This means that after you check in today, the time for tomorrow's check-in will definitely be later than today. This morning, I got up around seven, excited to check in, only to find that the countdown hadn't finished, and I was stunned 😅. Personally, I think the most brilliant point of this check-in mechanism is the increase in the score coefficient. Depending on the number of days checked in, it affects the score coefficient differently, with factors of 1x, 2.5x, 3.5x, and 5x. It doesn't seem to have a big impact, but if you miss a check-in, the score difference will immediately show up.

From the perspective of user stratification, the main factors that can widen the XP gap are the number of days entered, continuous check-in days, and priority Vouch days. Actually, the impact of Review on XP is not significant; a single review basically gives 5 XP.

Initial users, such as @ZKSgu and @yueya_eth, not only have high credit scores. If they check in every day, after 5 days, the XP gap between them and users who haven't checked in will be about 1250 per day. In other words, the earlier you enter Ethos, the more advantages you have. The impact of continuous check-in days mainly lies in the reward coefficient, which starts accumulating from 0 after a missed check-in. The gap in between can also be several thousand points. Vouch rewards about 0.1e daily is 125 XP. The larger the amount and the longer the duration of the Vouch, the higher the accumulated XP will be. XP can define the user's experience with the product and also influence user habits.

From a platform operation perspective, if we treat credit scores as an independent, objective, and fair scoring system, then the meaning of XP is to accumulate platform DAU. From the difficult-to-obtain familiar economy between users to the social consensus that people gather by similarity. Ethos's cold start was successful; yesterday, I saw the founder mentioning the Chinese community reviewing, which is actually not hard to understand. Initially, familiar acquaintances will definitely review each other, and the language barrier is also an important factor that most people start with from those around them. From another perspective, 'commercial mutual flattery' only exists among acquaintances; if I were really asked to review someone I don't know at all, I wouldn't know what to say.

I personally believe that XP is still quite important and may be the basis for future airdrops. Here are some of my reflections:

1⃣️ Currently, any interactive behavior on Ethos ultimately has XP points backing it up, whether it's the 5 points for a review or the 1250 points for clocking in.

2⃣️ XP can effectively solve the user stratification issue; the height of points reflects users' experience and usage duration of the product.

3⃣️ I don't know if you have noticed, but the credit score actually changes multiple times a day, not just continuously increasing. There are many review factors that deduct points in between. The 15 tasks for daily check-in also serve as platform feedback on user behavior.

4⃣️ The habits formed by Ethos's product are quite significant. In the evaluation of daily tasks, there are fixed-type questions that leave a deep impression, giving two different scores of overseas users and asking you which one you trust more. Generally, under such comparisons, without clear recognition of them, most people will choose the one with the higher score, which is also a subtle way to cultivate user habits. For example, when seeing an unfamiliar project, one can judge the project's credibility through Ethos's points.