Pomelo Offers Rewards for Community Reporting

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Pomelo community members!

You are an essential partner in policing the grants on Pomelo and calling out rule breakers to ensure the matching pool is distributed fairly. We want to offer you more opportunities to get involved and reward you for it! 💰

What are rewards for community reporting?

The Pomelo team is always looking for ways to further involve the community in enforcing Pomelo’s rules. In Season 4, we offered rewards to some donors for information on grants that were breaking the rules. In response, community members provided clear evidence that was integral to us taking action on the grants.

We’re expanding the rewards to all Pomelo donors, and plan to offer incentives each season for information that helps us discover rule-breaking activity.

What kind of evidence are we looking for?

The action that is taken on the grant depends on how clear the evidence is. The more definitive the proof, the more consequences for the grant.

Examples of helpful evidence:

• Screenshots and links to someone offering an exchange for donations on social media.
• Evidence of a team member* (not listed on their grant) donating to their own grant.
• Link to a grant that has been copied from another platform.

*We consider someone a team member if they’re actively working on the grant with you, or working at the same company that’s working on the grant.

How to submit reports

1. During the season, use the Report button on the grant’s description page to let us know about activity that violates Pomelo’s rules.
2. After donations close, you’ll receive information via email on rewards being offered.
3. Submit your description of the rule violation and supporting evidence to support@pomelo.io. Include links and attach screenshots.

In your description, please provide:

• The grant you’re reporting.
• What you saw, including screenshots.
• When you saw it.
• Where you saw it, including any links.
• Why you believe the activity is suspicious.

When is a reward given?

We appreciate and value every report and the effort behind them, but community members who provide clear evidence that helps us take action on a grant will receive the rewards.

Reports must go beyond simply flagging suspicious activity — they need to have clear evidence that proves a rule has been broken. For example, if you’re reporting a Sybil attack, you must point to clear evidence that shows multiple donors are connected to a single individual.

How to get involved

Help our investigation by noting and collecting evidence of rule breaking when you see it. For a refresher of the rules, check out Pomelo Rules.

Watch for:

• Grant owners who offer payment, gifts, or other benefits in exchange for donations.
• Suspicious donation patterns like fake accounts being created by the same person.
• Coordination among a group to donate to a specific grant, where an individual sends funds to others, who then donate to the same grant.
• Attempts to work around the rule against grant owners and team members donating to their own grants.
• Grant owners that misrepresent themselves or their grant, or fraudulent grants that are plagiarized from elsewhere.

Let’s work together to reduce attempts to cheat and reward grants that play by the rules.