Ok. I understand. I'm sure you have considered how the existence of a private group within the larger group appears exclusionary and how that just might not resonate well with the the excluded "have not so manys". How long will it take for the private group to begin to exert itself in the matter of policy decisions? It's like the current structure of publicly held corporations where the elitist boards of directors get to call the shots while the regular shareholders lack any real say (by and large, granting the occasional exception) in how the company is run.
As soon as you create an arbitrary line between "us" and "them" you begin to descend a slippery slope.
As soon as you create an arbitrary line between "us" and "them" you begin to descend a slippery slope.
Your input has been duly noted.
For the record, my intention is not to have the private group evolve into something that could influence the decisions made by the Blocknet Foundation "behind closed doors" per se.
In fact, I'd like to think that this would be very difficult to execute, given the fact that Slack will be community-moderated. It is my hope that, due to the quantity and wide range of vested interests of the community moderators, if questionable behavior were to emerge in the private group that it would be addressed, dealt with, and squashed before making any real impact.
Also, the amount I have proposed, 1000 tokens, is hardly an elitist quantity in my opinion. This amount makes the private group accessible to almost everyone who holds tokens. 1000 tokens today can be obtained for ~$50 USD. It's enough to deter those who only wish to detract, but not so much that it could be considered an elitist entry.
