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#376 TheDots – The First Polkadot Non-Nerdy Media Outlet & Memes
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The Dots Magazine is an initiative created by two Polkadot fans who have been in the Polkadot ecosystem for years, since 2020. Our passion lies not just in the technology and architecture of Polkadot, but we also believe as its one of few, or even the only future-proof ecosystem. Basically, if you’re in the crypto for long-term, you've got no other place to go except Polkadot - just joking! Or maybe not?
That’s why we came to Polkadot. Initially, we started The Dots to make memes, but soon we realised that its’ potential lays far beyond than just meme posting, but fully potential entertainment/technical Polkadot newspaper and media.
What is The Dots?
https://twitter.com/TheDotsMagazine
Polkadot non-nerdy entertainment news media. Our main goal is to highlight recent ecosystem updates, educate people about Polkadot and explain complex things in an easy language. We’re creating Polkadot news media for normies, who’s just joined the crypto and wants to know more about Polkadot and its parachains. Using the internet language, power of memes and humour is the best way to onboard new users into such complex things as crypto.
Who are We?
John Mental (Twitter), a Polkadot Senior Ambassador, Web3 content creator and contributor to the ecosystem since 2020. Councillor at Basilisk, Hydrator and contributor at HydraDX.
Mantra (Twitter), a Web3 addict and professional content creator. Ambassador at Polimec and Candidate at Phala Network. Just cool and dedicated.
What have we done so far?
We started our journey in January and at the moment of publishing the proposal, we gained 1.1k Twitter followers which is a very solid achievement (all our audience is 100% live and organic).
We published series of Blitz videos during the Sub0 Polkadot Asia to show that Polkadot is also about fun and how people in the community are passionate about it, so far we’re receiving only positive feedback and we’re happy to move forward, the Treasury funding will allow us to produce more professional and quality content, as we’ll be able to dedicate more time to our project and involve more people in the production. Two full interviews with Jay Chrawna and Alice_und_Bob are finished and set into the pipeline for this week.
Our Metrics
Beneficiary: DJxMY9rfpFcoNAC251FJg1qC2UQxDrjKK3HcBcRK6aNncWc
Requested KSM: 235.4209 KSM $10,000.00 in equivalent of KSM for 6 month of operational work
Average KSM price for the last 7D: 42.4771
Working hour: 30$
Total working hours per week: 14 hours per week (including expenses on part-time production team)
Total: 336 hours, not including brainstorms, community calls, Twitter and governance research and other stuff.
Important Note: We haven't received any tips or funding from any project so far for our work and are currently operating solely as enthusiasts and advocates for the ecosystem. Should the community approve our proposal and appreciate our efforts, we will then operate entirely on Treasury funds, focusing on highlighting ecosystem updates and assisting parachain teams in building their communities.
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Based on all comments and repliesOverall 80 % of users are feeling optimistic. Fans, continue supporting this meme hub project! With six months of work and $10K funding, we believe John (TheDots co-founder) and Mantra deserve community support to develop their amazing platform. We hope they maintain the meme vibe while creating exciting content like interviews and short videos. Best of luck on this promising venture!
Overall 20 % of users are feeling neutral. StakerSpace expresses gratitude to Alzymologist. Mantra and John are committed to serving the community, as affirmed by AlexPromoTeam. Adam from Adam_Clay_Steeber is also thanked for his support.
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Fans of the memes, please continue on this level!
6 months of work for 10K is a reasonable ask, aye from us.
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@StakerSpace ❤️
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This looks like a promising emerging media brand that I can get behind! Let's get this kicked off with this small amount of funding to see what you guys can do. I hope you can do more interviews and short vids! Please let me know if you need a person to interview or a character in a sketch for those "entertaining videos." I will yell in the woods for you guys lol!
Best of luck!
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@Adam_Clay_Steeber Thank you so much, Adam! We'll be in touch! ❤️
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Meme is good :)
I have known John (TheDots co-founder) for a couple of years. We met when he applied to become a candidate ambassador. He was very active and made a lot of valuable contributions, and I helped him to onboard as an ambassador and later as a senior ambassador.
John has a great track record of contributions to Polkadot and a good sense of humor , and I believe that he and Mantra deserve the support of the community to develop this amazing meme hub.
I hope that they can continue to maintain the meme vibe, and we will see some exciting developments over the next six months.
I vote AYE for this proposal
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@AlexPromoTeam Mantra and John will not fail the community 🫡
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Alzymologist Oy Decentralized voice
we at Alzymologist warmly support all independent fellow DIY content producers!
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@Alzymologist Thx Alzymologist
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Big fan of The DOTs, their consistent production & the good vibes they're bringing to X.
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@Jay Chrawnna Thanks Jay for the support! We are big fans of u ❤️
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Finder’s Fee: $2,000 **
Supervisors: $5,000
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Monday, March 17 - AAG Discussion & this forum post! ✅
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- Compatibility with all Kusama Hub assets
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Open-Source Delivery
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