This is a really cool post! I like your simple explanation of the coefficient and some real-world examples. I've given you a follow and look forward to reading your other articles.

Holy fuck that is a bad number. 0.97! Are you kidding! I've never felt more bearish about splinterlands than I did after seeing that. That is unreal.

Fortunately, I do think it's not as bad as all that. Discord is a skewed population: the people there are probably the most invested, and when you only include those who are actually verified, the skew gets even worse (I only got verified for maverick status after getting 1000+ packs). So the actual number is probably not as bad as all that. Some more explanation on selection bias would be helpful in the post to alleviate these kinds of worries.

I don't agree with your logic that a high gini in SPL isn't as bad as a high gini in a real country. Your example of renting making it not as bad as it seems is not something I find compelling. It's basically saying "what if a few people owned all the property and nicely rented it out to us plebs?" Same with giveaways. Like yeah, some of the wealthiest are passing scraps on to the poors and calling it philanthropy. Hooray? Most of the means of production in the hands of a few capitalists = not good no matter how you slice it.