Kin Community Feedback Report
We asked the community what they want to see next. Here’s what they said.
Throughout the quarter, I asked members of the community what kind of progress or changes they would like to see made with assistance by the Kin Foundation. Please note that we cannot guarantee or promise the delivery of anything, but we can certainly listen to and acknowledge fellow participants of the economy and use our position as a large contributor to try and help shape Kin into what its community (which means all of us) wants it to be, working together along the way to make that happen. Please note that this process will be iterative, and that the methodologies used to collect and report on this feedback will also be further formalized, iterated, and improved upon in the future.
Here’s what the community said. In no particular order…
1 — Drive MAS
The community would like to see an even bigger effort to drive regular use of Kin by users.
2 — Keep ramping up on marketing and help apps market to new users
The community noted the heightened activity in the arena of marketing, but also expressed a desire to see the Kin Foundation take an active role in helping the apps in the ecosystem acquire new users, in addition to ramping up efforts even further.
3 — Help apps come up with more compelling spends
The community has asked that the Kin Foundation assist applications in coming up with more compelling spends in order to help drive MAS. While the Kin Ecosystem is made up of independent developers that are in charge of their own individual businesses and we can’t force or dictate the content of any app, that doesn’t mean we can’t try to collaborate together on solutions for developers.
4 — Meaningful Kik integration (not Kin Foundation)
The community would like to see Kik start ramping up Kin integrations again, now that Kik X is in beta. In particular, they’d like to see more features like the examples in the whitepaper. This isn’t a Kin Foundation suggestion but it has been a highly prevalent one and we will pass it along to Kik.
5 — Unlock liquidity, more exchange options
Kin denizens need to be able to move in and out of the economy more easily, consistently, and reliably.
6 — Take advantage of the Kin Ecosystem to create value
Some users suggested that the new network being created be taken advantage of to create new valuable ventures, with things like advertisers and brands vying to reach the userbase.
7 — In-app purchase gateways
Developers are exploring methods of selling Kin to users, in-app, and the ecosystem anxiously awaits the result. The Kin Foundation should assist developers in exploring, implementing, and sharing solutions with the rest of the ecosystem.
8 — More reputable partnerships for credibility and access to larger userbase
To quote a community member: If a mainstream app integrates Kin, this becomes the social proof for many others to follow… We need an app LEADER with legitimacy. That’s just the way the world works…
9 — More global roll out
Kin is an international digital currency. That means it needs to be rolled out in more countries, and have global positioning.
10 — More data & elaboration
People want to know more about our data, stats, where they come from, and why they matter. Heard.
11 — More network effects / tourism
The community wants to see the network effects of a shared but decentralized economy come to life, and would like to see the Kin Foundation help spur more of these kinds of transactions.
12 — Get past regulatory hurdles
This might seem obvious, but the hurdles that Kin and all other cryptocurrency face should definitely be acknowledged as a hurdle to overcome.
13 — Get past Apple hurdles
Similarly, the Kin Foundation should do the work necessary where possible to pave the way for cryptocurrency based B2C in-app purchases in the iOS ecosystem, by continuing negotiations on behalf of the ecosystem and leveraging the growing user experiences found exclusively on Android.
14 — De-trust the KRE and Treasury
The community has spoken loud and clear that they want the treasury and KRE funds to not be in direct control of the Kin Foundation. All custodial and governance solutions should be explored.
15 — More updates
In addition to wanting to see some of the Kik integrations from the whitepaper, the community would like more updates on the aspects of the project initially described there and other things that have been announced since.
16 — Crypto industry relations
While Kin is going for a totally different market than almost any other cryptocurrency has before, that doesn’t mean we have to be at odds with the rest of the industry. We should be making strides to integrate ourselves and make meaningful contributions to the industry at large.
17 — More homage to OG supporters and participants
Some members have expressed that they feel original supporters and participants of the ecosystem be given more homage and respect, maybe we can find some ways to do that.
18 — A public view of roadmap / future goals
The community wants to know what’s next, and what people are working on to get there. While we have decided to operate more like a traditional company when it comes to internal operations and execution, perhaps there are alternative strategies that we could explore to allow us to strike a middle ground between transparency and operational security.
19 — A place for traders
Kin is a currency, which means there is an entire market of capitalists, speculators, and supporters that want to keep up with Kin markets and trade. The community wants more robust “official” (maintained by the Kin Foundation) communications options than a daily thread.
20 — Improved & fairer moderation processes
While serious community moderation was much needed and long overdue, some users have felt their conversations have been stifled, whether because they are traders or because they disagree with the objective decision of a moderator. While moderation should be understood to be an ever-evolving and imperfect science, operated by humans who can make errors in judgment, that doesn’t mean we can’t try to iterate on the processes in place so that we can come to a better consensus on community practices.
That’s it for the first ever community feedback report. Again, please note that we cannot guarantee or promise the delivery of anything, but we do want to collaborate with and discuss with the community as we continue to evolve. This list is a compilation of curated feedback, not a roadmap. We will use this feedback for reference and hopefully be able to look back on it soon with meaningful progress / elaboration to report.
