We have an opportunity to build our own corner of the
onchain internet. With awesome people, links, resources, and
learning. To ensure this corner is valuable, we need to
follow some submission guidelines.
What to submit?
On topic:
Anything that gratifies the intellectual curiosities of
builders, engineers, hackers, and craftspeople in the
community.
That includes:
Technical resources, hacking, and awesome git repos
Dune dashboards, reports, data-driven articles
Startups, cryptocurrencies, cryptography
Networking, privacy, decentralization
Hardware, open source, art, economics, game theory
Anything else our community might find fascinating,
covering any subject from philosophy, literature, and pop
culture, through science, and health, up to society and
infrastructure
Off topic:
Sensationalist journalism for the sake of ad revenue
(including overly optimized click-bait, rage-bait, fluff
headlines, clickthrough optimized headlines, cliffhanger
headlines, posts with no substance)
Mediocre resources
Old stories we all read and that have been widely shared
elsewhere
Shilling (you know what this means)
How to submit?
A good headline tells you exactly what to expect without
embellishing or optimizing for clickthrough. Some
recommendations:
Attempt to submit the original title
Trim the title if it's too long without losing substance
Avoid Title Casing Because It Looks Like Spam (and it's
terrible to read)
Avoid Upworthy and Buzzfeed style titles along the lines
of, "Fiat Crisis with Balaji (shocking!)" - there's no
need to add the last part
Consider NOT submitting pay-walled articles
How to upvote?
Within a small community, upvoting carries a lot of weight.
The recommendation here is to carefully consider what's
worth upvoting and what isn't. Avoid upvoting things you
haven't read, watched, or vetted as worthy of other people's
time.
Thanks to thatalexpalmer.eth who helped us prepare submission guidelines.
Commenting guidelines
Kiwi wants to provide clarity in the confusing crypto world.
Comments play a huge role here, as they can expand the idea,
add context, or debunk the statements in the articles shared
here.
So just as we specified what content we want to see, now we
want to ensure it's clear what kind of comments we are
looking for. Also, since comments can't be edited (at least
for now) and are fully public, it’s good to give them a bit
of thought.
What comments are we looking for?
Extra Context Kiwi users see only the headline, so if you are a person
who submitted the link, feel free to add more context.
Explain what this content is about, why you think it’s
interesting, and share if you agree with it or not.
Insider's perspective If an essay is about subject X (app, blockchain, or
whatever), and you have interacted with it before, feel
free to share your perspective. It's always interesting to
learn from people who have first-hand experience.
Deeper dive If you can add more context and information about the
subject, please do it. We like to get a 360 perspective of
the things we discuss.
Debunks If the material is misleading or you disagree with it,
share your perspective (and, if applicable, sources to
support it!)
Impact on you If this essay changed how you look at this particular
subject, tell us what you thought before and how you think
about it now.
Questions If you have any questions related to the subject, feel
free to ask them.
Funny, spicy remarks If you have a funny, spicy way to comment on the content,
feel free to do it.
This list is non-exhaustive, so all comments that include
more context, help us understand the subject better, or add
value to the conversation are much welcome!
What comments to avoid?
Ad hominem attacks Please avoid personal attacks against authors and
commenters. If you think they are questionable, point to
relevant material (see above: Debunks).
Shilling and spamming We all know what this means. If you spot a comment you
think could be labeled as such, please let us know on the
Telegram group.
Strawman's arguments It’s okay to digress, but if your arguments aren’t related
to the discussion, then it’s not that helpful.
“I made it up” comments “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence”. So
if you say something that is not a well-known fact, and
don’t provide data or arguments to support your point, the
comment is not that useful.