Improving Fairness and Real Engagement in DataHaven’s Community Programs

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Hello Moonbeam Community,

This is my first post on the forum, so greetings to everyone! I wanted to share a few thoughts and observations regarding the launch of the new project from the team—DataHaven.

Recently, I listened to a podcast where Ryan Levy emphasized the priority of genuine community drive and the importance of grassroots support for long-term project success. I completely agree with his points—decentralization and social interaction really are at the heart of Web3. These are constructive and important ideas.

However, I do have some concerns about how these principles are being put into practice with DataHaven:
1. Fairness in Airdrop Distribution:
When I asked admins about the formula for the airdrop, they answered:
“Keys or acorns on Zealy are assigned on a bi-weekly basis to the top 50 on the leaderboard. Competition is high, so we keep changing the formula and trying new things to find the best approach. And no, staking GLMR isn’t part of the current activity program—maybe in the future, but not this time.”
This essentially means that a large part of the initial token distribution will go to the fastest and most aggressive “farmers,” not necessarily the real community members who genuinely support the project and have “skin in the game,” even in the current bear market. I believe the formula needs to be revisited if the “farmdrop” is to have any real claim to fairness.
2. Community Quality & Discord Farming:
Another issue is that around 95% of Discord participants are professional airdrop farmers—people who artificially boost activity but have no real desire or time to dive into the project itself. Any genuine discussion about the project simply hangs in the air, because there’s no one to talk to in the chats. You can see the difference if you compare the number of people in Telegram (where there’s no airdrop to farm) versus Discord or X—very likely, the true community core is actually those few hundred people in Telegram.
If community building really matters, it’s important to track actual discussion topics in Discord and be able to filter out the pure farmers during the airdrop. Otherwise, there’s a real risk that large allocations will end up in the hands of people who don’t care about the project, which almost always leads to the same outcome.

In summary, I strongly support the vision and philosophy behind DataHaven, but I hope the team will take these concerns seriously and consider ways to ensure fair and meaningful participation.

Thanks for reading and open to feedback!

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hey, thanks a lot for reaching out. i was actually the one who replied to you, so i’m a bit confused about your points

hmm, not sure i fully get how moose keys - which are just a discord community currency, with no real value and not tied to any tokens - would relate to any large token distribution? they’re simply part of our community engagement tool, just for fun and gamification. similar to points, XP, or coins in other communities. you can use them to get cool discord roles, but they don’t connect to any tokens or financial value at all

honestly, we’ve got a super active and amazing community - people who genuinely create great content. if you check the DataHaven reposts, you’ll see some of the best examples from the community

DataHaven is actually a pretty technical project, and there’s not even a testnet right now, so naturally, there’s not a lot of deep tech discussions yet. but that’s the thing - not everyone in web3 comes just for the tech. a lot of people join for the fun, the vibe, and the creativity. they stay where they feel good

on your second point - yeah, i’m personally not a big fan of telegram. it’s full of scammers and spammers, and honestly, it’s just not a great place to build community. that’s why we don’t push it too hard - some projects even ditch telegram completely or use it just for announcements. i’d much rather see active chats than dead ones. but yeah, i agree, activity should always be meaningful

as for farmers - it’s always hard to tell who’s a farmer and what they plan to do with their tokens. at the end of the day, it’s up to them. it’s actually the job of core teams to guide the community, to educate, to offer staking, restaking, liquidity, and other opportunities so people want to stick around and use the token in meaningful ways

so yeah, that’s the way i see it - happy to chat more if you’d like

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Hi turrizt! Yes, that was me—looks like there was a bit of a miscommunication. I was actually asking about the airdrop, but somehow we ended up talking about Moose Keys. It happens!

Thanks for your reply—I guess I’m still pretty new to these “pre-launch” communities and probably underestimated how many people genuinely join for the vibe, not just for potential rewards. Maybe I’m just used to a different kind of web3 crowd!

Really happy to see Zealy quests are getting more challenging now. The leaderboard should be much fairer, and it’ll be harder for pure airdrop hunters to game the system. That’s a great move!

Appreciate your work and wish the project a strong start!

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haha, no worries, community building is a really interesting but challenging process - that’s why we bring in a lot of fun and gamified activities. personally, I see it kind of like playing an RPG game - you get excited, even a bit addicted, and along the way, you learn more about the project and naturally become part of the community, feeling at home here

I’m really happy to see you joining at this early stage. Keep going, fam - and as always, I love hearing your feedback and any doubts you might have

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