Gnars DAOGnars is a community-owned skateboarding DAO funding skate culture worldwide.
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What is Gnars?
Gnars is a skateboarding collective and community-owned skate brand. We support skaters, filmmakers, designers, and DIY projects by voting on proposals and funding them with community resources.
If you care about skateboarding culture and want it funded by the people who live it, you're in the right place.
βVoting For. Pod Media keeps the lights on for Gnars visibility and the culture that makes this DAO worth being in. I'd like to see clearer scope boundaries between Operations and Media workstreams (overlap on Discord, branding) next quarter.β
βNothing against the pod media guys.
Just investment and time vs treasure size.
I will always defend decentralization in Gnars, and I agree with some points made. As I said before, I would like to see more people taking care of pod media. A lot of good creators and media managers in the Gnars community would be a good fit too. Otherwise, we are centralizing everything. Maybe every 4/6month we need to change the media managers.
Obs: Good builders, old and new, would like to build and talk about Gnars in calls, etc., but they feel that Discord has become a place of fighting and disrespect regarding different opinions. If we don't change that mindset, everyone will keep building Gnars alone and not as a community.
That prop already passed. Good luck, guys, make it worth.β
βWill and Zima do a job that not only keeps Gnars social media and media presence alive, they maintain the aesthetics, branding, and awareness for the DAO, and everyone benefits from it.
Keep pushing! β¨β
βGm gm! appreciate bros. I hadnβt voted yet and wanted to respond Delay properly. Also, thanks to everyone who voted and shared honest feedback.
Bless, itβs a bit sad to see you feeling like this. I remember when we helped you and Bless Skateshop through a tougher moment... but thatβs another topic..
On metrics happy to share. But itβs important to note: before this, there wasnβt much beyond X managed by Gami. Farcaster, Instagram, blogs, videos, and activations came from us executing approved proposals. Thatβs the DAO system working, i think.. in a Gnarly Way.
On decentralization, I agree with the principle. The DAO is open, and anyone can propose and execute. Thatβs exactly what we did. Regarding votes and the treasury... I stand by my decisions. You can check my voting history, itβs all there. I act with a clear conscience, that im trying to contribute to the DAO within my principles, skills or vibe... so bro, everything is onchain and transparent for anyone to review.
On self-promotion: I donβt fully see it that way. Iβd invite you to look at our profiles and see if thereβs really self-promotion between me, Zima, Nogenta, and Will, or if weβve been highlighting different shredder, especially those active through DAO proposals... across pages and newsletters, weβre genuinely trying to build content that actually connects with the DAO. And if thereβs room to improve on that, please feel free, brother, to share feedback on Discord, drop it in the channel, or even open a Trello card so we can track it, and when i say we, should be the DAO because this is on Discord.
Also, Iβd invite you to show me again any video or production where you reached out for support. Iβve seen you active on other DAOs like Skatehive, and the βzero supportβ claim doesnβt fully match what I see. I do remember some product proposals.. a board and the Big Shot Kim glasses.. but that was a while ago. More recently, in terms of initiative (like the Gnarly skateshop idea), do you feel it really landed and had strong follow-through with the DAO? I hope this isnβt coming from frustration around the recent Gnars rounds. As you know, the outcome was decided and voted by Nouners.
I do agree Gnars should grow beyond a small circle, bringing in more skaters, shops, and contributors. But for that to happen, itβs important to plug into the flow and system align with the DAO, plan a proposal, get it passed, and deliver it well, or find other ways to contribute consistently beyond proposals. Also bro, gnars it's about Action Sports Onchain, not only Skateboard. Important to say that.
Happy to continue this on Discord...not as an attack, but to better understand this and improve together.β
βINTERESTING MECHANISM FOR REWARDING THE COMMUNITY. I think it risks the investment; it's more of a gift for the community. We need to think of a way to manage it well so that the prizes stay in the hands of different people who participate and do more than just farm dollars and NFTs. I would go for it, but it seems to me that it's something that won't last more than 3 months. These types of programs attract a lot of people but few real ones. Promising less and working more should be what we offer to athletes.β
