# Grant Application Optimism elite OP douchebagerism

Source: https://x.com/pfedprog/status/1856684280081944970
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Grant-Application-Optimism-elite-OP-douchebagerism?index=0x6734df041283495b7c08ed73784fc49c078b390de98e0adb5f313dc4df3ca58213168ad1
Submitted by pfedprog.eth on 2024-11-13 UTC, 3 upvotes, 4 comments

Applying for a grant in @Optimism was never meant to be this difficult.

## Comments

**tim**: tbh, we had a similar problem where we got a worse rating because our application didn't have "audited source code," but we were applying to host a writing contest with Kiwi lol

**pfedprog.eth**: Yes, and there is absolutely no place to write a feedback/review. I tried on a government forum - post got banned.

**@scirock**: Is the title implying that insiders of optimism have an easier time applying ? Believable but no evidence provided)

**pfedprog.eth**: Catching headline. The issue with evidence based analysis is that a similar analysis would be paid in range of 20k USD dollars. Me applying to do the analysis and not getting properly graded is exactly this problem.