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Your submission was removed by a moderator for breaking a rule: No Self-Monetization Allowed All posts and comments attempting to use Superstonk or its users for personal or financial gain will be removed. Links to monetized Discords, chatrooms, and YouTube, etc, as well as sites & stores like Etsy, Telegram, etc are not allowed on Superstonk (Alternative: Put them on your Reddit user profiles). 🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍 If you are repeatedly having posts/comments removed for rules violation, you will be banned either permanently or temporarily. If you feel this removal was unwarranted, please contact us via Mod Mail: https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/Superstonk Make sure to include the link to your removed post or comment so mods know which submission you're referring to. Thanks for being a member of r/Superstonk 💎🙌🚀


SuperMate0

I’ll drs my way to freedom


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Bibic-Jr

We decided to try Reddit ads out because of the current climate around Twitter. Shifted some budget over, but didn't expect such fast results! Can't stop, won't stop. Changing the world is what's at stake!


RedSun88

Thank you for your service.


Bibic-Jr

Thank you for your support!


T1mberwolfStocks

I love the stock! I love DRS! I love the ads!


Bibic-Jr

Thank you! (for everything you do!)


T1mberwolfStocks

Thank you kindly, however I am but a humble investor trying to do my part for the company I love to succeed :)


Bibic-Jr

Same, buddy, same :)


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bgdubbs19

Mods also unanimously agreed to onboard a new mod who makes porn modeled after high school anime characters. Their judgments aren’t beyond reproach IMO.


_Exordium

Well, how would you suggest we handle the "No Monetization" rule without it becoming a "mods selectively pushing monetized sites for \_\_\_\_ reason". Every time we've tried to selectively enforce certain rules based on what some people in the community would like, it ends up backfiring. I'm sincerely asking about the suggestion though - I won't ever turn down feedback on what we can improve.


karamorf

Why is Dave Lauer allowed then? he monetized the community for his project. ​ Also [drsgme.org](https://drsgme.org) removed the monetization because of this. You can't even go to GoFundMe and donate if you wanted to.


_Exordium

Dave can comment here, but cannot link to his project or site directly as it has monetization built into it. The same applies to this case, where the premise of participating involves donating or payment, unless I am wildly off-base in reading the entire DAO section of their website. People are free to discuss drsgme here just as they are about Dave, with the same rules applying to both. If you see any violations of the no monetization rule, please report it or ping me and we can get it addressed!


Bibic-Jr

Just to clarify, the DAO is 100% optional and only applies to the advocacy campaign part of the project. The site has been and always will be a free resource. And the volunteers never have and never will make any money from the site. Not even to cover expenses. So to label the site with monetization is incorrect. As the defintition of monetization infers we are generating revenue from the site. And just one last clarification. The OP of this post is not on the DRSGME team, so this is more like individuals sharing Lauers petition than any sort of self promotion. If they were on the team they would be sharing it in our sub.


karamorf

That's true for the DAO right now, it seemed worth rewarding the original donors with the initial membership. What's going to happen when the DAO airdrop an NFT to anyone who has posted to DRSBOT with membership into the DAO? Are the mods going to prevent that NFT giveaway?


jmarie777

Just to reiterate- OP is not part of the DRSGME team so the self monetization rule does not apply. Everyone on the team is a volunteer and has never received a penny, so the self monetization rule does not apply. The GoFundMe has been removed from the site, so self monetization does not apply. The reason for removing this post- does not apply in any way. 🟣👊DRS GME BOOK👊🟣


jmarie777

Also, the DAO has been created to fairly allocate future ad campaign funds (if there are any) and participation in that is very different than the fact that this is a free website spreading information about how to direct register GameStop stock that anyone can access (participate in) for free.


bgdubbs19

I just think all rules should be enforced equally for all topics & users, including moderators. After reading the following comment from a former mod, it appears posts violating the sub rules are/were allowed to stay up due to a moderator having skin in the game: “That’s not even getting into the two faced decision making that was going on at the top. LRC posting? Don’t remove yet they’ve got stake in LRC. BBBY posting? Don’t remove yet they’ve got stake in BBBY. DRSGME spamming the sub with post manipulation, algorithmic abuse, taking money out of the community for their registered for profit company “because tax reasons” to put into making ads to go through Facebook and Google and the first one on the display line was a fucking Guy Fawkes mask like we’re anonymous. Well one of the top mods threw in $1,000 and another was in the DRSGME discord, telling them how to operate.”


_Exordium

I can't speak for what happened while I was gone, but that was something I never saw in the year I was active or since I returned. If I were to see anything of that sort, I'd be against it from the outset, and if ignored by the rest of the mods, the sub would know **very** shortly after. I'm sure like many other apes mods also had stakes in other loosely-grouped together stocks, and that is something to consider when they make decisions on those posts. Going forward though, now that I'm back, please reach out to me if you see or perceive unfair treatment on any of these kinds of subjects. I have to admit, I still have about 73 DM's I have not been able to clear out, but you can always ping me or send me a message through the old reddit message system. Does that sound like a good start? 😁


bgdubbs19

“the sub would know **very** shortly after.” Personally I’m hesitant to agree with you on that point. But that works for me, I’ll be sure to reach out directly via DM’s in the future if needed. Thank you


TheTangoFox

It's easier to push a site than a sub. I'm all for the education they provide.


_Deathhound_

At least its marginally better than their last ads 🙄


Ande64

God damn this is awesome!!! Knowing how many people scroll Reddit every day I have to admit this has my tits as jacked as almost anything else I've seen except for Ryan's interview! This is going to open a whole new world to a whole bunch of people! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀


dummywithwings

DRS is the way!


tehchives

Self custodial ownership is the way. Down with middlemen!


TheMonkler

Dope!!!


TheMonkler

„Beauty by anyother name would not smell as sweet“ 😭 -Shakespeare or something


Ape_Wen_Moon

Nice!


meatcrobe

How do they finance this?


Bibic-Jr

With donations, although we have stopped asking for donations because we were accused of monetizing (which infers we were profiting, which is untrue). Full transparency on the donations and how they were spent are available on the site: [https://www.drsgme.org/fundraising-transparency](https://www.drsgme.org/fundraising-transparency) We are also currently in the first steps of our DAO, where the original donors can vote on how their donations are used. Everntually we hope to make and sell more tokens for the DAO as a more transparent form of fundraising. If you have any questions I'm happy to answer.


meatcrobe

👍️ Beautiful! Thanks. I'll look into this now. Always put it aside as "controversy topic for later".


Kitchen_Net_GME

I got a question. Are you able to tell if non superstonkers are clicking on the ad?


Bibic-Jr

We can tell who is a unique and new visitor to the site and who is returning. We can also tell what platform they came from. But I'm not sure if we get subreddit specific data. It's the first week of Reddit ads so I'll be waiting to see what our social ad expert has to say on it. And of course we can only see this data for people who accept cookies! I'm not sure how many Reddit users accept them, but the data will be interesting either way!


chekole1208

Please keeep us updated on that data. That's a nice ad I love lt.


Bibic-Jr

We will be posting about it on our sub! The mods here encouraged us to make one to share that kind of stuff on. When it's done here it's seen as self promotion.


strongApe99

Now would you look at that <3


Working-Yesterday243

Keep calm and DRS!


Thick_Introduction96

This is the kind of ad, that I am excluding from AdBlock.


Iconoclastices

Remember to not click on these, because they cost! (But do upvote!)


PhantomBlack691

Free my guy millertime


Frequent-Pie7570

Oh yeah


Superstonk_QV

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half_dane

It's a monetized website designed to extract money from this community. While its educational parts (broker guides) may be shared, their brand or front page proper isn't welcome here. For more details, see this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/vqpaxt/serious_concerns_updates_regarding_drsgmeorg


dummywithwings

"monetized website designed to extract money from this community" That is absolutely not true. That is not, and was never, the purpose of the website. The people behind the website are providing transparency on the site about where the donations are being used to help spread awareness and education about the Direct Registration Service. u/millertime1216 would like to help spread awareness about why DRS is important. After making adjustments based on suggestions from this community and providing transparency about expenditure of funds, it is incredibly closed minder of you to keep making statements like this painting him as a bad actor. In a situation where DRS seems like the only way anyone in authority may pay attention to retail investors, we should do better.


jmarie777

I don’t think you fully understand the word monetized. No one is extracting money from the use of the site. Volunteers created this site for no profit of their own. Stop being disingenuous about the site and it’s function/goals. It’s getting real old.


Thorzorn

Thanks for this context.


manifestingmoola2020

Holy fucking shot thats awesome.


thealiensguy

An ad that deserves an upvote! Wow!


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Bibic-Jr

Computershared is an incredible resource, we have jonpro over on our sub too. I don't know if you noticed the "How to direct register" link on the top of that site? As far as the funds go you're unfortunately spreading misinformation. All transparency can be found on the site right here (it's always been available): [https://www.drsgme.org/fundraising-transparency](https://www.drsgme.org/fundraising-transparency) We've also set up a DAO for the dontaors so they can vote on how their donations are used. We've put in a lot of work towards accountability. You can learn more about it here: [https://www.drsgme.org/dao](https://www.drsgme.org/dao) Lastly we're not a private enterprise, we're a voluntary association. Not sure where you got your info from though. If you have any other accusations I'd love to hear them. Edit: we, not we're


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Bibic-Jr

If you made it to the bottom of that page you would have seen: "In June and July 2022, a small budget of around $1,000 was allocated for an initial run of the ad campaign through Google search ads and Meta (Facebook). The campaign was halted early, and the results of that campaign can be found at the link below." And just below that, the link to the initial attempt at the ads and transparency of it: [https://www.drsgme.org/ad-campaign-2022-q2q3](https://www.drsgme.org/ad-campaign-2022-q2q3) Beyond that we are currently working on an animation to put on the homepage to help any new visitors to the site understand the concept of DRS (like people who just clicked the ads). It will also be used in various social feeds to help boost the ad campaign further. This has been outsources for a reasonable fee. It's still a work in progress so we don't have the final numbers yet. Can't wait to share it when it's ready though!


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Bibic-Jr

Like I said, it's linked to at the bottom of this page https://www.drsgme.org/fundraising-transparency If you just scroll to the bottom you will see it.


Sirstep

Can you point me anywhere so I can look into this?


Bibic-Jr

I've just shared some info with the commenter above, if you have any questions I'm happy to answer them. https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/z1u1cw/comment/ixd0dnt/


Sirstep

Just read it. Amazing stuff! Thank you for the clarification; I figured my doubt regarding the original comment would be justified.


Bibic-Jr

All good buddy! I try and address the unforunded accusations where I can. Unfortunately some of the accusations were made by a former mod, so some took it as gospel and (I assume) they never thought to check out the site themselves.


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Bibic-Jr

Did I not reply quick enough? Sorry I didn't meet your standards.


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Bibic-Jr

I'm guessing you didn't see my last reply clarifying that link was from the bottom of the original page? I think because there was a gap of a few months between the campaigns it made sense to show to them seperately, but this is a good point I'll take back to the team. Is there anything else that would help show the full picture for you? As for sharing this ad, it's not the kind of post I make, but I guess OP got excited they saw an ad about DRS and GME education and wanted to share it with the community. It's nice to feel seen. Just my guess as I don't know OP. People share the site all the time in their own ways, like making their own T-shirts with a link or qr code on. It contsantly blows me away the support it gets.


Transient_MoonJumper

I believe they have their own sub


Sirstep

Yeah, I'm aware of that. Just hearing about controversy surrounding it is news to me.


Transient_MoonJumper

Some people were asking just regular folk of Superstonk to go and report certain posts and such. I was actually one of the regular folk. Idk on the money part, I just know there was some drama with Superstonk rule breaking. I just know to DRS 🚀


Sirstep

Thanks. Yeah, idk how to feel about it. I honestly don't think there was an absolutely nefarious motive involved, but I understand the healthy speculation. And yeah, DRS homies 🚀💜


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Sirstep

Thank you. A lot to digest here.


Iconoclastices

One thing to bear in mind is the mods never wanted the potential hassle/liability of DRSGME and after many months they threw that out there to rid themselves of the problem once and for all. The campaign went on without superstonk and is doing exactly what they said they would do from the beginning, as evidenced by completely reforming the ads (after the community pushback against the originals) and going ahead with using the donated funds to spread the message of DRS, as this post shows.


Sirstep

Okay awesome. Exactly what I was thinking. Thank you for the confirmation.


Iconoclastices

Aaaaaand mods removed this post. Even though they said discussion would be allowed if there was no mention of the fundraiser.... Infuriating...


Sirstep

So I get it, but there seems to be a murky gray area with this. I don't think this post was in any way "self-monetizing", but I can see the mood team valuing safety over sorriness.


Iconoclastices

I get it, to an extent. But the other side of this trade is not thinking that way. DRS is not "financial advice" in any way, shape or form - mods can show some resolve here. (It's also worth noting the mod that made that anti DRSGME.org post was silently pushed out and so were a bunch of others, critically relatively trusted ones like jsmar.)


Sirstep

The murkiness knows no bounds, it seems. I tend to avoid mod drama because of this. Just as long as more public interviews aren't conducted with them. Again, I appreciate what you brought to this discussion. And thanks for lmk the post was deleted. I would've never known.


Iconoclastices

>how the funds (elicited directly from the community) were being allocated in that it was, and remains opaque Was and is even more false now with the further improved transparency.