I would say we are doing fairly well at the moment, however I am not, I am about to burn out so I will just call it a day.
@bitcoinman Dear friend, please look out for yourself. I really appeciate what you are doing, but place your health first.
On the new ratio, very curious how it will look - but have nothing but faith in the team. So please go for it!
On the broader subject - I like DUO exactly for what you guys are trying to achieve. It is just one big positive movement trying to do some good. Last months the conversation here and on inleo turned more around finances and the financial distress people are facing. Which is just sad - but also shows the impact a project like DUO can have - for succesfull a guest post can feed a family and provide freah water for a week.
Our key challenge, to me, seems how can we draw eyes and sustainable upvotes on the posts so that a 50/50 reward for the guest author really means something.
It might be interesting to talk to other communities (such as cent project to have a partnership with a cent:duo pool, or have duo in the tribe project , @centtoken tagging you here - hoping you are open to explore with @bitcoinman if you could find a mutually beneficial collab)
it could also be interesting to use a portion of the hp / rewards to get some leo . => stake it => upvotes from duo.curator increase (if posted via inleo) => we can use the stake based curation thread to requests eyes & possible upvotes from leo.curator. Might also be worth a while to explore with Khal how we could draw eyes on the project within inleo.
Lastly - I feel this quote applies:
Give a Man a Fish, and You Feed Him for a Day. Teach a Man To Fish, and You Feed Him for a Lifetime
From personal experience - I have been drained over €8k from supporting friends in need over the last 2 years (with the last time -€70 the 18th this month). With these guys, giving the money to feed there families - I try to do good, but I am also aware nothing changes and I will be asked to pay for them again and again.
What I like about this project is that it attempts to “teach people to fish”.