Dear KnightRider,
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”. This is what I was thinking when I read your post. I believe Freedom of Speech is what Assange has been fighting for all these times. We welcome different views and healthy debates based on facts. I wanted to emphasize on the word “facts” because I think it’s what your comments are lacking.
Your post’s title is extremely misleading. You claimed the purpose of our wechat discussion is “vote manipulation” while in reality it’s used to encourage voter participation. If you recall, the 3rd snapshot barely reached the 3.5B quorum. We wanted to make sure we reach the required 3.5B quorum for the 4th snapshot and that’s the purpose of these wechat threads. In addition, the endorsement of certain candidate(s) is totally acceptable. Did you see how elections are done in western countries? Labor unions or public figures endorse a candidate all the time. This is not vote manipulation at all.
Chinese speaking DAO members are much more sophisticated than suggested by your post. No one is blindly following the wechat threads or voting for whoever just because someone started a thread.
You also claimed the “sub-community” is rushing on things but it is absolutely wrong. The DAO’s reputation is at great risk. Some misinformed outsiders call the DAO a “scam”. If we don’t act quickly to turn this image around, the DAO will suffer greatly. That’s why we are “rushing”. We are “rushing” to save the DAO.
The reason we tried hard to get two more mulitsigs: the DAO is criticized both internally and externally. It seems nobody who have special rights is doing anything (including the mulitsigs) after the $54m was transferred to Germany. Current mulitsigs are not motivated to do much, for whatever reasons. Both bz and Zylo seem keen to move the DAO forward, so it is in the best interest of the DAO members to vote for these two, IMO. Both bz and Zylo have been the most active contributors to the DAO after the raise was over. I don’t see anything wrong advocating for them becoming the mutisigs to increase the chance of DAOs success. If you are not happy with these two candidates, you could have voiced your opinion earlier when they were nominated during the AssangeDAO’s public Twitter Space meeting.
We are tired of the slowness of the mulitsigs and former mods on Discord. We are not forcing or mobbing others. We are the most active DAO members comparing to others. For example, most participants in the Twitter Space meeting on 3/5 were Chinese speakers. Even though the official Twitter Space was open to everyone and we invited and hoped all the mutisigs were there (https://twitter.com/Emilyswd/status/1499063496432095233?s=20&t=oY2aAUpbS4gLmToJpB-fhg), only Silke out of the 5 multisigs showed up. Where were the other mutilsigs? Where were all the other people? Where were you? Nobody is mobbing nobody. Nobody is forcing nobody. If you attended the meeting, you would know it was a very collaborative meeting. Everyone agreed that we will add a Chinese speaking member as one of the multi sigs, and two Chinese speaking members as snapshot authors and another Chinese speaking member as Discord mod. If you don’t believe it, you can ask Zylo to give you the meeting notes or the link to the audio recording. He wrote all the info on the meeting minutes and posted on discord the next day. If you want your voice heard, please go to community meetings and please get involved. Chinese speaking members are tired of the “DO NOTHING” attitude of some members of the DAO. We are also tired of the nonstop criticisms to whom are contributing to the DAO. Please read this article and become a MAN in the Arena, not just some coward staying on the sidelines and criticizing people who are doing the work. TR Center - Man in the Arena (theodorerooseveltcenter.org) “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” Based on your profile, you only joined the Forum one hour before you posted this post. It seems you just joined the forum to post this post! Are you even a member of the AssangeDAO?
Chinese speaking volunteers have contributed many ideas and have many more ideas. Just 5 hours ago, when you posting your post here, Chinese speaking volunteers were having a meeting with Gabriel and a concert organizer who is planning for a concert to support Assange. There are many ideas and efforts by the Chinese speaking volunteers. If you want know more, ask Gabriel or Zylo. They probably are tired of us sending them all the ideas we have. What have you done for AssangeDao? Thank you!
“我不赞成你说的话,但我誓死捍卫你说话的权利”。我读你贴子时想到了这句话。我相信言论自由是阿桑奇一直在争取的。我们欢迎不同的观点和基于事实的辩论。我想强调“事实”这个词,因为我认为你的评论严重缺乏事实。
您的贴子标题极具误导性。您声称我们微信讨论的目的是“操纵投票”,而实际上它是用来鼓励大家参与投票。如果您还记得,第三个 投票差点就没有达到 3.5B。我们想确保达到第 4 个投票所需的 3.5B ,这就是这些微信接龙的目的。而且,中文的 DAO 成员比你的贴暗示的要聪明得多。没有人会因为有人发起了接龙就盲目为谁投票。另外,对某些候选人背书是完全可以接受的。 你看到西方国家的选举是如何进行的吗? 工会或公众人物经常为候选人背书。 这根本不是投票操纵。
您还抱怨中文“子社区”老在催别人。我们为什么在“催”? DAO 的声誉面临巨大风险。一些被误导的局外人称 DAO 为“骗局”。如果我们不迅速采取行动扭转这种局面,DAO 将遭受巨大损失。这就是为什么我们“着急”。我们急于拯救 DAO。
我们努力争取更多两个多签的原因是:DAO 在内部和外部都受到批评。在 5400 万美元被转移到德国之后,似乎没有人做任何事情(包括多签)。无论出于何种原因,当前的多签都没有动力做太多事情。 bz 和 Zylo 热衷于推动 DAO 向前发展,因此投票给这两个人符合 DAO 成员的最大利益。NFT拍过结束后,bz 和 Zylo 都是 DAO 最活跃的贡献者。我认为提倡他们成为DAO多签 没有任何错误。如果您对这两位候选人不满意,您本可以在 AssangeDAO 的公开 Twitter 空间会议期间提名他们时表达您的反对意见。您也可选第四项。
我们厌倦了 multisigs 和以前的 mods 的缓慢性。我们没有强迫或骚扰他人。与其他人相比,我们是最活跃的 DAO 成员。例如,3/5 的 Twitter Space 会议的大多数参与者都是讲中文的。尽管官方 Twitter 空间对所有人开放,我们邀请并希望所有 mutisigs 都在那里(https://twitter.com/Emilyswd/status/1499063496432095233?s=20&t=oY2aAUpbS4gLmToJpB-fhg),但只有 Silke 这一个多签去开会了。其他多签在哪里?其他人都在哪里?当时你在哪里?没有人围攻任何人。没有人强迫任何人。如果您参加了会议,您就会知道这是一次非常协作的会议。大家一致同意,我们将添加一名说中文的成员作为 multi sig 之一,两名说中文的成员作为快照作者,另一名说中文的成员作为 Discord mod。如果你不相信,你可以让 Zylo 给你会议记录。他将所有信息都写在了会议纪要上,并在第二天发布在 discord 上。说中文的成员已经厌倦了 DAO 一些成员“什么都不做”的态度。我们也厌倦了这些人为 DAO 做出贡献的人无休止的批评。请阅读这篇罗斯福总统的演讲.,TR Center - Man in the Arena 功劳属于真正在赛场上的人,他的脸上沾满了灰尘、汗水和鲜血;奋勇拼搏的人,,,,如果他失败了,他的位置永远不会和那些不知胜败的冷酷胆怯的灵魂在一起。”(这段参考英文)。 根据您在Forum的个人资料,您在发布此帖子前一小时才建立账号加入论坛。看来你加入论坛就是为了发这个帖子!我怀疑你是 AssangeDAO 的成员吗?
中文志愿者贡献了很多想法。我们还有更多想法。 就在今天早上,讲中文的志愿者与Gabriel和正在计划举办一场音乐会以支持阿桑奇的音乐会组织者开会。华语志愿者有很多想法和努力。如果您想了解这些,请询问 Gabriel 或 Zylo。我们和他俩将了很多想法。你为阿桑奇道做了什么?谢谢!