2025-12-24 12:23:49

What should effective incentive design look like? Instead of piling up vanity metrics, it's better to directly link XP with actual user behavior. Consumption generates revenue, recommendations earn more rewards, and after leveling up, benefits double—this progressive design ensures each activity receives feedback. The XP system becomes a self-reinforcing positive cycle, rewarding genuine usage rather than false hype. This is how to effectively activate a project's user growth engine through economic incentives.

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BearMarketMonk

· 16h ago

Ah, yes, yes, yes, finally someone hit the nail on the head... The vanity metrics were long overdue to die. --- Authentic feedback > false prosperity, this logic makes sense. --- Direct consumption generates revenue? Sounds ideal, but could it become another way to cut the leeks... --- A positive cycle that progresses step by step sounds great, but I'm worried that newcomers might find the ceiling too high later on. --- The key still depends on how the project team executes; no matter how perfect the design is, if the code is crooked, it's useless. --- I’m convinced that rewards for referrals are much more reliable than just boosting presence. --- Whether XP can truly equal money depends on whether the project has another round of funding. --- It's another incentive scheme... this routine feels like every project is using it.

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NeverVoteOnDAO

· 12-24 12:52

Ha, finally someone got it right. The vanity metrics approach is really outdated. I've been burned a few times by the logic of "spending equals earning," but it is indeed more honest. However, doubling the upgrade rewards... if not designed properly, it could easily lead to a rug pull.

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SighingCashier

· 12-24 12:40

Reliable incentive design should indeed be like this—no need for flashy vanity metrics. Only real money linked to actions will keep users continuously engaged.

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MeltdownSurvivalist

· 12-24 12:36

Only real gold and silver can keep people; those vanity metrics should have been discarded long ago.

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ProofOfNothing

· 12-24 12:33

Honestly, I buy into this logic. Compared to those fake leaderboard vanity metrics, directly linking returns to real actions is the right way to go.

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MoneyBurnerSociety

· 12-24 12:28

That's right, I've seen this logic too many times... As a result, most projects are still filled with superficial vanity metrics, and in the end, they end up losing everything in a complete mess. When it comes to linking real actions, it sounds good, but few can actually stick to it.

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