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Improve true manual curation and the support it receives within a Proof of Brain/Delegated Proof-of-Stake (PoB/DPoS) system.
Create a curation model that can be openly used to improve the overall distribution of PoB based tokens within content-based blockchain environments.
Refine the curation voting and rewarding process to empower the curating stakeholders and not the curation team management stakeholder accounts or the supporting community accounts they manage.
Focused curation from highly staked accounts is a single point of failure.
This setup reduces the overall scope in which the Proof of Brain mechanics can operate as it limits the range of content that is rewarded due to the limitations of individual perception.
This ultimately leads towards a drop in quantity and quality of content across the board as polarization occurs between the lower stakeholders and the high-voting power accounts.
What if community curation accounts were used to support dedicated and active curators by improving their stake size instead of primarily increasing the stake size of the community curation account?
)The first main funnel for distribution within the VYB Curation project will be
The initial goal is to improve the range and quantity of content that is voted on the POB and VYB platforms. We will achieve this by providing autonomy for curators giving them the freedom to vote as they please.
)The second funnel for distribution will shadow the pre-existing curation model that is typically incorporated.
Curator discovers content > submits for quality check > bigger account rewards or ignores
Transparency and accountability in this merit-based workflow are critical as the reasoning behind the vote decision is just as, if not more important than the vote itself.
Here are two examples of our early on-chain testing for the vyb.check process, if you are intrigued! Peakd.com has been linked as the post was not published in the #vyb tag. We don't discriminate, yo!
https://www.vybrainium.com/hive-194913/@vyb.check/re-calumam-r4etlt
@vyb.check/re-calumam-r4ixeb
We plan to sponsor curation teams that emerge and look to assist with distribution through the curation model we've presented.
Our goal is to expand the curation model into different niches on VYB and POB, tribes on HIVE and beyond.
Options to trail-support different curation niches and/or vyb.curation and vyb.check will be integrated into the Vybrainium front-end in the future with comparable statistics and details about each team and their efforts.
These roles are the starting point and not the final decision. The development of the curation model may require additional roles although we believe these below are essential to the model's success.
The naming of roles will vary based on the branding of the curation team, their responsibilities will remain the same.
Aware: Person is assigned a weekly curation spot each month. When the max capacity for aware curators is reached, randomised curator block assignment will be introduced.
Unsuspecting: Nominated VYB user is followed by the vyb.curation account. The data from the Unsuspecting Curators will be assessed alongside Aware Curators to discover the main differences between the two (double-slit experiment anyone?).
These curators will be trail followed by
A purely voluntary role that has some responsibility.
The main duty is to critique content and decide, with the help of metrics and additional support, the validity of submitted content to the VYB Check process.
VYB Checkers will be compensated for their efforts with staked
We've currently got two prospective statisticians who are going to be pulling the curation data for all of the curators each week. The responsibilities for this role will include post creation and presentation for the
VYB Cruncher's will receive a moderate beneficiary on these posts and they will also receive a POB & VYB delegation for the week they are active.
An administration role that will look to guide the philosophies and oversee the initial stages of the curation team startup.
Over time this role will be politely excused if the curation model is successful.
Curation data for all Aware Curators will be posted from the
Curation data for all Unsuspecting Curators will be withheld and only posted on
VYB Checker's approvals and denials will be posted from the
VYB Cruncher's will have their statistics reviewed by a non-partial person or persons. A comment will be added below the data posts to confirm the validity of the curation data.
VYB Catcher's will receive plenty of recognition from their peers if they are successful with the management of their curation team. They will also be criticised by their peers if they deviate from the curation model and decide to line their own pockets from the community accounts they manage.
12 day test period started 29/11/21 with 8 BetaVYB Testers
8th of January 2022 (start of 3-month trial)
Month 1 - Implement
Month 2 - Evaluate activities, implement corrective actions, continue monitoring performance.
Month 3 - Work out the kinks, reassess performance, and continue activities.
optimisation + reflection period8th of April 2022 - 22nd of April 2022
A decision of whether to complete the curation project, overhaul it or terminate it will be made at the end of this reflection period.
Q2 2022
Curators will be receiving 5,000 POB & 5,000 VYB delegations for the duration of their curation block. Delegations will be removed if community standards are disregarded by the account (or their alt accounts) they're delegated to.
This section of the post will update as integration with the Anti-Abuse Team (AAT) develops. Curators and the VYB Team are not immune to the Community Standards.
A link will be posted [here] for the upcoming AAT post on the 
Our main points to cover within the VCP are;
guidelines?What curation guidelines do we have for the Unsuspecting Curators who aren't aware of the trail following them?
The same logic applies to Aware Curators except curation data will be posted publicly on
Due to the unpredictable nature of trailing with limited information, minor "detective work" will be undertaken before attaching the voting trail. We will also monitor Unsuspecting Curators data heavily. An informal audit will be taken on Day 2 and Day 4, if a change is required we will move the trail to our next UC.
An important section for those of you who are wondering what potential accounts are being shaped here. We will finish with this as it is the main weakness in the PoB and DPoS 'mashup' as stated at the very beginning of this publication.
During the 3-month trial,
The stake size of
As you can see, this calculation will depend on the larger stakeholders of VYB/POB (and beyond) and their respective stake sizes.
Solutions/improvements to the current trending model on the front-end may also make the necessity for a moderate stake size obsolete. We are testing this model within a pre-existing tribe, some DPoS limitations are already in play for us.
All additional earned VYB/POB tokens that are not required for sustainability will be distributed as fully-staked to the accounts actively involved in the curation team.
The vyb.curation account will be powering down to liquidate so that VYB can be sent fully staked. This may seem paradoxical given the previous mention of an ignore list for those unstaking their VYB, please bear the following statement in mind;
Ensurances will be made so the
*The 4 initial curators for the
We're aware that intrinsically motivated curators will not care much for the carrot and stick method (and may dislike the approach on the face of it). We will experiment with this during the 3-month trial period to see how both approaches affect performance and sustainability.
returning here on the 9th of January 2022
👏 delegation funds are organised and ready to be allocated. trails should be active tomorrow to start the ball.
the 4 curators will be active for the first fortnight (until the 23rd) to allow for adjustments to be made if needed. switching to a fresh set of curators within the week feels rushed.
returning here on the 10th of January 2022
the trail for
the 5,000 POB & VYB delegations have been allocated to the aware curators.
we're already seeing some much-needed variety on https://www.proofofbrain.io and variety will further improve on the 23rd when we have the next set of curators on the case.
returning here on the 14th of January 2022
there are some issues that need to be discussed in a future VCP post about votes received from the vyb.curation trail to members of the VMT & VYB Catcher/Admin. 1
vyb.pob has been applying 100% upvotes after going through a vyb.check styled process off-chain, very limited currently. this is showing shifts in the POB trending page, highlighting some issues as stated above.
vyb.pob is also following behind vyb.curation which is somewhat helping distribution. we're looking to synergies with
increasing curators at this current time is not a priority, start small. we can see the benefit, yes, let's see how revolving 3 aware and 1 unsuspecting for a couple of weeks works first.
returning here on the 17th of January 2022
comment dropped on interpretation's recent post explaining the vyb.check current status: here
we're also going to be seeking out two dedicated VYB Checkers on a testing basis to start on the 23rd of January. they'll receive 2,500 VYB delegations each from calumam's stake while they are active and the VYB Checkers will rotate on a fortnightly basis until we've got most of the concerns ironed out.
other than that? here's how a couple of the curators are feeling;
I am so loving being a part of VYB 🙂 Rewarding worthy content more than I would normally be able to is just awesome!!!
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After the first day of curating in this capacity with the new trail and all that, I came back the next day to see some of the posts I voted on trending. I'm convinced at this point I shouted 'holy shit!'
I was overwhelmed by how much tokens my curation could dish out and I had to go through the trending posts again to be sure I did the right thing pouring all that token jizz on them.
Moving forward, I found that I could reach way more posts than I could previously reach because I could achieve more with smaller voting percentage. It made my work even more, but that's what makes curation even better, when you can reach more posts🌚.
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more feelings to come... hopefully!
* returning here on the 23rd of January 2022
Any and all comments are welcomed as the development of this model is a process that involves community input and support. Levels of decentralisation and autonomy will stem from all of our combined efforts.
Thank you for your attention and involvement in whatever capacity you choose.
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