Saab

there’s been growing frustration around @Pumpfun callout rewards, and i personally won’t stay silent about this until the structure changes. first, this isn’t a fud post. it’s constructive criticism from someone who wants to see pumpfun succeed. it’s the market leader, and with that comes responsibility for shaping the culture, incentives and future of this space. the same people keep getting rewarded for recycling attention within the same circle, while holders and communities doing the actual work of building ecosystems get nothing. this is becoming a serious retention problem. the current incentives encourage users to jump from one callout to another instead of giving them reasons to stay, hold, build and reinvest and destroying the trenches. and i don’t think macro is a sufficient explanation for where onchain is today. one year ago, the macro environment was arguably even worse, yet onchain was doing much better, especially during the pumpfolio era. even coin-level rewards aren’t solving the problem. liquidity and trading activity can migrate to external pools, including meteora pools where pumpfun’s trading fee mechanism doesn’t apply. pumpfun can end up losing the economic benefit of activity generated by coins launched on its platform. the rewards model needs to evolve beyond just general callouts. at least basics i’d like to see two additional reward categories: 1. holding time reward wallets for holding coins consistently over time. longer holding periods should mean greater rewards, rather than simply rewarding whoever generates the most short-term activity. 2. repeated calls reward people who consistently support the same communities and coins over time, rather than accounts farming one-off callouts and moving on to the next opportunity. imagine the difference in incentives. instead of rewarding people for constantly switching attention, reward them for staying committed and helping communities grow. this will make volume in trenches much higher, and attract more users. pumpfun is focusing on acquisition. now retention needs to become the priority. acquisition without retention is a leaky bucket. i want to invite other communities, builders and everyone who cares about the future of the trenches to join and support this petition. this isn’t about attacking pumpfun. it’s about asking the market leader to evolve its incentives and help rebuild an ecosystem where people have reasons to stay, build and believe. cc: @a1lon9 @json1444 @blknoiz06