It is very nice to see how we are progressing every month! It is sad to realize that we will have to reduce the number of our loyal colleagues, but anyway, this is a big step forward for Degen 2.0. I am very glad to be a part of such a powerful team! In the future, we will only move forward! Thank you @rimberjack for such a wonderful report!
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It was a great experiment that will give everyone a lot of useful information to use. I was glad to be in degens! And I will watch the development of Degen 2.0 
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Thanks @rimberjack for the detailed report, Take Care of your Health❤️
Definitely Degens have performed amazing this month, boost in stats & overall activity…
now with Degens 2.0 this is big step forward for degens as well as for NEAR Ecosystem.
Thank you so much to all Generals & Degens, Learned a lot from all of you in past few months.
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It’s been nice working with @rimberjack and @Ozymandius these are true leaders. Thanks for the support and efforts you put to make this work💯
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Good morning!
Firs -of-all thanks for great job in Near social media.
Here is my questions and concerns:
- Degens salary 300N, ~ $3100 should be decreased to average market wage ($22.51),
$22,51 x 80 hrs = $1800 , ~ 175 N
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As I know some degens have left the guild on the middle of October. Probably, salary for these people should be reduced.
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How the 25 people were selected?
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Could you please show the list of 25 elite members?
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Some questions from last report:
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This has been hands down my best experience in crypto ecosystem. NEAR Degens has been continually awesome and really amplified the true spirit of the NEAR ecosystem. This month has been wonderful so thanks and congrats to all Degens!
Part or not of Degens 2.0, I’d like to especially thank @Lolson_tg and @rimberjack for giving me this ludicrous opportunity I’m extremely grateful for it.
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Hey Dacha~ How’s it going.
So a lot of your questions will be addressed once we have the new group going and have a post on that. The selection is based on track record, growth potential, and specialty. We are still finalizing the final list so nothing is announced here yet. Additionally, we are in talks with the social media and marketing agency for the new direction so those details will also take some time.
Additionally, for the hiring process, this is kind of a non-problem now. In october we could not hire anyone as we were downsizing. In the previous months, we looked at the applications and people who had the most experience in either social media or familiarity with crypto were prioritized. Additionally, we prioritized some skillsets over others, like people who can create infographics, people who can do research and analysis, people who do memes etc. We also asked the council members to always disclose if they personally knew someone or where there may be a conflict on interest. It is actually quite of a coincidence with p0k’s team because p0k was not a council member, actually a council did not even exist, at the time myself and Ozy hired them. I did not know they were connected, Ozy and I hired them based on their skillsets and interviews. And then later once the Degen Syndicate team became a thing, I learned they were friends. In the beginning, the degens were not as popular as it is now, so it happened that we got a lot of applicants from similar pools. For instance, people who all do NEAR Crowd together learned about the degens together and they all applied. It just so happens.
For the rate, that’s something that is open for discussion. But this is also something that depends on how the new direction of the Degens is concretely determined, which depends on various conversations with stakeholders. We will let everyone posted on how things go.
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You’ve done a great job and it’s really cool!
I am sure that investing in marketing is the path to success. I would really like to get into your army even on a free basis and help develop the community. I know how to increase activity, attract people and stay in the loop at all times. Tell me, can I help you with something in your tasks?
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@Mishgun Well we are cutting 25 ppl from the group. So hiring is not on our horizon at the moment. Maybe next month we can start taking in new applicants again. Thanks for the interest!
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Hey Dacha, I’ll let others answer the group related part but I just want to point out the salary part.
In August report you said that:
300 Near its a great payment (could be a little bit increased), even less than average salary for graduated specialist in USA.
And now you’re saying that it should decreased. Understand that the payments are being made in NEAR token not in stable coins, so the amount of salary we get will always be different each month (in USD) because it’s a cryptocurrency which will be forever volatile.
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Thanks for your answer! I will be glad to hear that news next month
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Oh, it’s great. Be honestly, we can hire 4-5 upscale social media specialists for 300N.
60N- 75N a month is a regular salary in many countries , like India, Russia, Ukraine, Kenya , etc. I think you can create a post on our Telegram channel and find these people.
Thanks for explanation about @p0k , as I said before I trust you on 100% and have never had questions about your decency.
@p0k should said about it and don’t misleading you and Near Community.
Thanks for great job again.
And especially thanks to @Grace for improvements in the guild.
Ps: as you know we have roketo (streaming money service) . May be use it for the gulid members payments?
Hey @Dacha
I will touch on the topic of those who were selected the top 25.
We took as a basis the activity in several directions. We used Twitter as the main direction, and also took into account the activity in three subgroups, which are currently regulated by me. Reddit, BTT, YT Targeting, based on the data I provide in the report, as well as the main indicators on Twitter, the top 25 candidates were selected.
I also proposed to restructure a little the directions that will have KPIs and other forms of activity tracking. Maximum return and maximum efficiency will be expected from the professional community that will be formed in Degens 2.0. We will also focus on creating a huge amount of content that will be distributed across multiple resources.
A detailed report on the structure, reorganization and other principles of the Degens 2.0 community will be published a little later.
I am also sure that such a professional community really deserves a high salary. For example, my experience of posting about a job in the Degens Army on the BTT forum was met with a barrage of criticism about low pay.
For experienced cryptocurrency users who have been familiar with this topic for years, paying 300 NEAR for 20+ hours of work per week seemed too small payment, which shocked me.
With respect @Lolson_tg
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Congratulations on a great month Degens. now it is NEARvember so can’t wait to see the Degens 2.0 smash it out the park. You are my spirit animals.
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LOVE YOU KING keep meowing on
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Great report you’ve got @rimberjack! The progress you made in October was quite obvious and impressive, hope to see more progress and new strategies that will yield spectacular results in November. You are indeed a visionary leader.
Cheers!
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Make sense 
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No, $22/hr it’s a great salary. I think if you create a post right now on our TG group, you will get tons of applications from people who ready to do this work.
Even OWS offering $400 for social media specialist
I think Degens Army should be dedicated team focused on degens work only.
Excellent work, but, give a chance to other Near community members take a one of these roles.
Actually, it’s not a full list of paid (and unpaid) opportunities. A lot of degens get money from other guilds and don’t give a chance for anyone from Great Near Community be involving in social media activities.
Full list of opportunities is hidden, not published, very hard to get information about it. Looks like it’s a privilege for people who have good relationships Near leadership. It’s unfair.
Some degens which ignoring questions, transparency policy should leave Degens Army.
You can find them in Swine, NIA, Flying Rhino guilds.
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As Rim has already said, we selected new degens from spreadsheet, to which anyone could send their resume.
All decisions were taken by the consuls collectively. I personally selected several people specifically for my groups, Reddit, BTT, YT based on their past experience.
Unfortunately, I’m not good at moderation issues, I think this is a question for project management. I’m just focused on the Degens ecosystem. But I think we will raise this issue in our further discussions that we will have about the restructuring of Degens.
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