diff --git a/earn/analyst-rewards/top-dashboards/README.md b/earn/analyst-rewards/top-dashboards/README.md index c78b9c7..02d64ed 100644 --- a/earn/analyst-rewards/top-dashboards/README.md +++ b/earn/analyst-rewards/top-dashboards/README.md @@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ To find out what boosts are currently active and coming up: * check our [**Discord**](https://discord.gg/flipside) #announcements channel * visit this month's leaderboard (link on the [**homepage**](https://flipsidecrypto.xyz/)). +### Decay + +New insights that are relevant to current discussion topics in web3 take precedence. A decay function gradually reduces rewards on older Top Dashboards, although it never takes rewards to 0 if the rank is still eligible for earning. + +### Timeouts and Bans + +Dashboards and users who violate [**Top Dashboard Guidelines**](https://docs.flipsidecrypto.xyz/flipside-community/community-analytics-guidelines) are disqualified from rewards temporarily or permanently without notice. + ## Claim Rewards Rewards are claimable on an hourly basis in [**Flipside Earn**](../../../choose-your-flipside-plan/). diff --git a/flipside-community/ambassador-program.md b/flipside-community/ambassador-program.md index 37b05b8..ea637dd 100644 --- a/flipside-community/ambassador-program.md +++ b/flipside-community/ambassador-program.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ description: What’s involved? What’s expected? What’s in it for me? * Ambassadors have **four primary tasks**: 1. Handle stellar direct-to-analyst work that delights partners. 2. Create a powerful social media “center of gravity” that draws in users & attracts projects. - 3. Work closely with the Flipside team to improve our data, Data Studio, and community programs (such as Top 30 and analyst upskilling). + 3. Work closely with the Flipside team to improve our data, Data Studio, and community programs (such as Top Dashboards and analyst upskilling). 4. Become data experts in a particular ecosystem, e.g. Solana, Avalanche. * Ambassadors also serve as exemplars of the Flipside community: * They represent Flipside to the world and showcase data-driven storytelling. @@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ These methods are rare, but they do occur. The standard process is listed below. ### Ambassador Selection -During the February 2024 Selection Window, we are opening \~6 Ambassador slots! _To learn more about participating, visit the Announcements channel in our_ [_Discord server_](https://discord.com/invite/flipside)_._ - -In this selection window, the Flipside Community and Ecosystem teams carefully candidates who meet the following **five criteria**: +When selecting new Ambassadors, the Flipside Community and Ecosystem teams carefully considers candidates who meet the following **five criteria**: 1. **Qualifying Threshold:** match the average [monthly impressions](https://science.flipsidecrypto.xyz/flipside\_analysts/) of existing Ambassadors during the preceding three-month period. As of February 2024, this means achieving the following within any single 6-month period: * Achieve at least 1 month of 100,000+ impressions, without using bots. @@ -66,18 +64,19 @@ If you are wondering how you stack up, we strongly encourage you to contact us t The following are expected of all Ambassador candidates and are a key part of the role: * **Professionalism**: friendly, courteous, clear communication, & raising problems and challenges politely; being a positive presence for all fellow analysts; setting a standard for creative & original work and providing credit to others whose work is used. -* **Timeliness**: Speed of delivery & meeting timelines for Direct-to-Analyst work. +* **Timeliness**: speed of delivery & meeting timelines for Direct-to-Analyst work. +* **New Insights**: being a prolific, current voice in your ecosystem; **consistently producing new data-driven insights** on current topics in this ecosystem. * **Learning Mindset**: willingness to work with & learn from mentors/senior Ambassadors and to strive to constantly improve your own work. * **Integrity**: we expect all Ambassadors to possess no black marks - concerns about bot activity, improper citation, or tearing down the reputation of other community members - for a period of 6 months prior to formally being appointed. - * Evidence of bot activity, plagiarism, or improperly citing the work of other analysts is grounds for expulsion from the Ambassador program! + * **Evidence of bot activity, plagiarism, or improperly citing the work of other analysts is grounds for expulsion from the Ambassador program!** * **Community Engagement**: be engaged in our Discord community and partner communities: asking questions, sending thoughtful messages, responding to others, and being a center of knowledge and energy for your ecosystem. * **Ecosystem Knowledge**: doing deep research on selected ecosystem, networking with projects and influencers in that ecosystem, being active on Twitter and in project Discord. -* **Ecosystem Thought Leadership**: When choosing topics for analysis, prioritizing topics and methodologies that achieve some or all of the following: +* **Ecosystem Thought Leadership**: when choosing topics for analysis, prioritizing topics and methodologies that achieve some or all of the following: * Ask and answer analytical questions in new and interesting ways. * Articulate findings in a way that captures the attention of readers at several levels of web3 familiarity (from total beginners to that ecosystem's experts, and everyone in-between). * Contribute to key existing public conversations in and about that ecosystem, or kickstart new ones. - * Use innovative methodologies (and explain their significance in terms that are easy for others to understand) -* **Flipside Team Feedback**: Provide regular feedback on product & data to Flipside teams and occasionally assist the Marketing team by promoting major reports & releases. + * Use innovative methodologies (and explain their significance in terms that are easy for others to understand). +* **Flipside Team Feedback**: provide regular feedback on product & data to Flipside teams and occasionally assist the Marketing team by promoting major reports & releases. ### Responsibilities @@ -95,6 +94,11 @@ The specific Ambassador responsibilities are as follows: * **Product & Analytics**: Each month, provide feedback as needed to the Flipside team on issues & improvements in the Data Studio. * **Marketing**: Upon request, assist the Marketing team with promoting occasional Flipside thought leadership pieces and releases. * **Community**: Collaborate with the Community team to share your knowledge, to enable some of the most driven community analysts to grow and follow in your footsteps. +* Uphold all **Ambassador Values**. + * It is especially important that you maintain **Professionalism** **when you use others' work** as a starting point for your analysis. This includes two steps: + * Provide ample **citation**: Name the author and link their work. Explain which part of their work is used in which part of your work. Explain why you decided to use it. + * If you use someone's work as a starting point, **ensure that your analysis adds a meaningful original contribution**. Just copying queries, rearranging them, minor changes (e.g. copying someone's analysis but on another chain) is plagiarism and not a meaningful original addition. + * **Starting September 1, 2024, a zero-tolerance plagiarism policy is in effect for Ambassadors and Top Dashboards. Plagiarism can be: using someone's work without attribution, not enough attribution **_**(Which queries were copied? Why? Where are they used in your analysis? )**_**, and/or a lack of a meaningful original contribution. The first instance of plagiarism leads to immediate exclusion from analyst incentives, such as Ambassador impression incentives and Top Dashboards rewards.** * Learn as much as you can about your chosen ecosystem and regularly engage on Twitter, Telegram, and Discord with members of key projects, builders, and community members. * Work with Reviewers to constantly improve and update your signature work, as well as your analytical techniques. * Maintain and update the **Flipside Ecosystem Maps** to keep a current list of the hottest projects and trends within your ecosystem.