Dear all,

It has come to my attention that some council members are simply matching the tips of previous tippers without really doing their own due diligence on the work behind the tip requests.

While most tippers will hold off and wait for RTTI-5220 to make the first move, others will just tip 0 to a new untipped tip request. Since a lot of council members practice follow tipping (matching the previous tip), this obviously has an adverse effect on the outcome of a tip. 

2 new incidence have just occurred yesterday:

[Ravi Kumar's tip request](https://www.dotreasury.com/ksm/tips/10415345_0x487f97e65349a08f4e4d77092e13c4ce8b5e619a1be8a3f4385b81da4913950e)

[My tip request](https://www.dotreasury.com/ksm/tips/10414390_0x31019082847e02f475dadd75b7b66bdfb86186a2fd0139d5eef71e90dc94c976)

Knowing how badly the first tip affects the overall reward for our work we have both chosen (independently, I don't know Ravi) to retract our tip requests and create new ones...

In an ideal world, each tipper would take time to independently verify the work and assign a tip that, which according to their assessment, best matches the work put in. 

I understand that Council Members are busy and tipping is definitely not one of their priorities, so maybe it should not be forced upon them? Maybe we should start thinking about democratising the whole tipping process more? Maybe tippers that have not tipped a project yet should not see the previous tips as to have a more non-biased view? Perhaps tippers should also justify their amount choice with a short reason? 

I would like to open a discussion on how to improve the tipping process and would really like to hear your thoughts on this!

Best,

Gabriel - A Dotsama freelancer

- Some council members are just copying previous tips without doing their own research.
- This can have a negative effect on the outcome of a tip.
- Two new incidents of this happening have been reported.
- The writer suggests that tippers should independently verify the work and assign a tip based on their assessment.
- The writer wants to discuss ways to improve the tipping process.

#1202 Improve Tipping

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