About us:
WagMedia is a content creation and media hub that has been nurturing and incentivizing storytellers within the Polkadot ecosystem since 2021. We connect the dots, taking ecosystem ideas, products, and solutions from &ldquo;So What?&rdquo; to &ldquo;Why Should People Care?&rdquo; through supporting and nurturing content creators and ecosystem agents.
&nbsp;
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/qMWpSgM/unnamed.jpg" alt="" width="577" height="433" />
&nbsp;
Adaptation and Evolution:
WagMedia continuously adapts to the needs of the ecosystem and paradigm shifts of the general crypto landscape, refining its approach in each treasury request. Starting as a simple tipping mechanism for content and translations on Discord, WagMedia now focuses solely on quality and impact over quantity, nurturing content creators to become ecosystem agents and long time contributors to the ecosystem.
&nbsp;
What We Delivered in 5 months:
<ul>
<li>Weekly Newsletter:&nbsp;&nbsp;A comprehensive <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/newsletter">newsletter</a> with 26 published editions, featuring stories thats showcase WM content generation and rise awareness about the polkadot ecosystem. A selection of featured stories that raise awareness&nbsp; include: <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dots-etf-ectively-on-the-way-1716850613205">The Moonbeam way</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/bring-on-dot-liquidity-1718732892138">Time for Hydration</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-way-forward-1722290276913">DOTcentralized funding (Polimec)</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/ready-steady-dot-1723067397681">Ready for Awesome Ajuna</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-wud-it-take-august-4th-to-august-10th-1723589173211">Wud is going on (WUD)</a>, and <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/reporting-about-dot-1715117127497">the LAOS Report</a>.</li>
<li>Content Bounties: On average, we opened 2 content bounties each week, totaling 41, +180 content written. Notable content from our bounties, featured in stories from our newsletter, includes The <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-is-ded-eggshilarating-1712494918000">Bounty-Hive</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/a-dot-2-back-1715796015841">Backing Content</a>, <a href="https://wagmediaweekly.substack.com/p/define-dot-and-make-changes-june">Define DOT Content</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/kolkadot-1720525494690">Wag Content</a>, and <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/ah-defining-dot-1724256292070">Gud Content</a></li>
<li>Retroactive Rewards: We retroactively rewarded the most impactful Polkadot content monthly, with a total of +30 payouts. Averaging $104.655 per post. Check out the featured story from our newsletter about retroactive content here.</li>
<li>Website and X Account: We aggregate all content on <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/">our website</a> and leverage our <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag">X account</a> for media publishing, memes, and entertaining material. See: <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag/status/1793644584322371841">Gavliator</a> by Turingmachine, <a href="https://x.com/thatmediawag/status/1819697695847793061?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Polkadot: where you define the rules.</a> Our X account also publishes threads and x articles derived from the news and featured stories in our newsletter.</li>
<li>Monthly Reports:&nbsp;We published +10 deatiled reports on OpenGov, treasury, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/creator/TheOyster">DeFi</a>, and the broader ecosystem.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Impact: 
Many of the WAG creator&rsquo;s content have had significant reach, with notable pieces receiving between 20,000 and 120,000 views. These have been leveraged by Polkadot and its founders, parachain teams and their official accounts.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/EmilKietzman/status/1781085529611661512">A megathread about the future of Polkadot&ndash;JAM</a> by EmilKietzman: 115K views, 850 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama/status/1814660945634820109?s=46&amp;t=w6Lx2_7W6OffmtSBDHsQwA">Polkadot updates, changes, direction</a> by Pablo 56K views, 693 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbacix/status/1811811327268028798?s=46&amp;t=8OHoQS5WYvVJ6O_n5G4B0g">Decoded takes</a> by Gbaci: 40K views, 376 Likes</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fhswWQAxeGHTkfvyCD9Fq3KTCsZULJ-B7lZtWzorY20/edit?usp=sharing">Check out +30 written posts, among many, that stand as the main highlights from the past 5 months.</a>
&nbsp;
Our Hidden Contribution:
Many current ecosystem agents and initiative leaders began their journey with WagMedia, including:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/csaint02">Csaint</a>: Once a Kusamarian and WAG member, now a member of the Polkadot Editorial Board (EB).</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/GldnCalf">Jay</a> and <a href="https://x.com/BalanceBorn">Pnin</a>: Former WAG members, now Jay leading the Kusamarian and Pnin works for it.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Cris_Pap8"> Cris.pap</a>: Formerly with WAG, now founder of OGTracker.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/xcjeeper">Jeeper</a>: Former WAG contributor, now part of the DF-funded OpenGov.watch team.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/johnrhodelb">John Rhodel</a>: Formerly with WAG, now working on a Brazilian BD initiative funded through OpenGov.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/stakenode_dev">Jimmy Tudeski</a>: A Polkadot OG and validator who contributed to WAG for a while before taking a DV role.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbaciX">Gbaci</a>: Author of Polkadot Beginners, continues contributions through WAG.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_">Goku</a>: Started as a content creator, now a team member of WAG and the Polkadot EB.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama">Pablo</a>: Long-time WAG contributor and also contributor to Kusamarian.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16izZpBeoevWN5GE2YiasGIStlFh6LIrz_e0KMkkZpmM/edit?usp=sharing">And many more who have been either became ambassadors or team members of various ecosystem projects.</a>
&nbsp;
Our monthly audit reports for every expenditure: 
<ul>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 1: Through March 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 2: March 25 - April 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-3-recap-of-1st-half-and-april-25-may-24-1724706133077">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 3: Recap of 1st Half and April 25 - May 24 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-4-may-25-june-24-2024-1724706198565">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 4: May 25 - June 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-5-june-25-july-24-2024-1724709440241">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 5: June 25 - July 24, 2024 </a></li>
</ul>
<a href="https://thewagmedia.com/audit">WagMedia website</a> provides detailed content evaluation and reward audits. On-chain reward distributions can be found <a href="https://report.wagmedia.xyz/">here</a> (Treasury: DOT - OpenGov 365, and USDT - OpenGov 365).
&nbsp;
Our Goal: 
We aim to continue serving as a content creator hub, nurturing ecosystem agents, and incentivizing them to organically tell the stories of Polkadot. Our value loop:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/LCdpzWv/unnamed-1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" />
&nbsp;
Looking Forward: 
We aspire to evolve into a media hub that curates content from Polkadot creators, inspiring agnostic audiences everywhere. Our content will remain:
<ul>
<li>Entertaining</li>
<li>Witty</li>
<li>Approachable</li>
<li>Factual</li>
<li>Data-based</li>
<li>Authenticated</li>
</ul>
We are committed to enlarging the options for creators and teams to access content and retroactive tips, as well as enabling teams to open their own bounties. We have built a simple and minimal website to narrow down the steps to access WagMedia and plan to make it even more user-friendly in the next phase.
&nbsp;
One-Year Budget Request:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/xqkyWXs/unnamed-2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" />
&nbsp;
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">Brief budget info here</a>
For:
<ul>
<li>Continuation of all existing WagMedia services.</li>
<li>Upgrading the website to make it more accessible, becoming a one-click tip request hub for creators.</li>
<li>Sustaining growth on X, maintaining an educational and entertaining tone.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Was everything Pink? 
Nope. Challenges: WagMedia is primarily about creators, and it&rsquo;s deeply satisfying when a creator is nurtured well enough to step up and make their own impact beyond WAG within the ecosystem. This is the ideal scenario when there is a constant emergence of new creators. After all, our value grows when there is starfish-like growth. However, we&rsquo;ve noticed a stagnation in the number of new creators approaching Polkadot over the past year. Not just Polkadot, but also due to the prolonged market conditions and general sentiment changes in the crypto landscape. Still we adapt and keep on focusing on rewarding the best content rather than recycled or low-impact content, with tips ranging from $450 to $0.50.
Despite these challenges, during this period we have incentivized and kept prominent figures to write about Polkadot. We believe that if you see engaging, impactful content within the ecosystem, it&rsquo;s likely written by a WagMedia creator.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/ZBHbHWZ/unnamed-3.jpg" alt="" width="598" height="351" />
&nbsp;
You can read the full proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.
&nbsp;
Questions and feedback are welcome, and we look forward to hearing those.
<a href="https://discord.gg/Gzw7VVJ3">WagMedia Discord</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/thatMediaWag">WagMedia Twitter</a>

Proponent: WagMedia Treasury
Requested USDC: 451,400 USDC&nbsp;
&nbsp;
About us:
WagMedia is a content creation and media hub that has been nurturing and incentivizing storytellers within the Polkadot ecosystem since 2021. We connect the dots, taking ecosystem ideas, products, and solutions from &ldquo;So What?&rdquo; to &ldquo;Why Should People Care?&rdquo; through supporting and nurturing content creators and ecosystem agents.
&nbsp;
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/qMWpSgM/unnamed.jpg" alt="" width="577" height="433" />
&nbsp;
Adaptation and Evolution:
WagMedia continuously adapts to the needs of the ecosystem and paradigm shifts of the general crypto landscape, refining its approach in each treasury request. Starting as a simple tipping mechanism for content and translations on Discord, WagMedia now focuses solely on quality and impact over quantity, nurturing content creators to become ecosystem agents and long time contributors to the ecosystem.
&nbsp;
What We Delivered in 5 months:
<ul>
<li>Weekly Newsletter:&nbsp;&nbsp;A comprehensive <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/newsletter">newsletter</a> with 26 published editions, featuring stories thats showcase WM content generation and rise awareness about the polkadot ecosystem. A selection of featured stories that raise awareness&nbsp; include: <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dots-etf-ectively-on-the-way-1716850613205">The Moonbeam way</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/bring-on-dot-liquidity-1718732892138">Time for Hydration</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-way-forward-1722290276913">DOTcentralized funding (Polimec)</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/ready-steady-dot-1723067397681">Ready for Awesome Ajuna</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-wud-it-take-august-4th-to-august-10th-1723589173211">Wud is going on (WUD)</a>, and <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/reporting-about-dot-1715117127497">the LAOS Report</a>.</li>
<li>Content Bounties: On average, we opened 2 content bounties each week, totaling 41, +180 content written. Notable content from our bounties, featured in stories from our newsletter, includes The <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-is-ded-eggshilarating-1712494918000">Bounty-Hive</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/a-dot-2-back-1715796015841">Backing Content</a>, <a href="https://wagmediaweekly.substack.com/p/define-dot-and-make-changes-june">Define DOT Content</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/kolkadot-1720525494690">Wag Content</a>, and <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/ah-defining-dot-1724256292070">Gud Content</a></li>
<li>Retroactive Rewards: We retroactively rewarded the most impactful Polkadot content monthly, with a total of +30 payouts. Averaging $104.655 per post. Check out the featured story from our newsletter about retroactive content here.</li>
<li>Website and X Account: We aggregate all content on <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/">our website</a> and leverage our <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag">X account</a> for media publishing, memes, and entertaining material. See: <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag/status/1793644584322371841">Gavliator</a> by Turingmachine, <a href="https://x.com/thatmediawag/status/1819697695847793061?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Polkadot: where you define the rules.</a> Our X account also publishes threads and x articles derived from the news and featured stories in our newsletter.</li>
<li>Monthly Reports:&nbsp;We published +10 deatiled reports on OpenGov, treasury, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/creator/TheOyster">DeFi</a>, and the broader ecosystem.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Impact: 
Many of the WAG creator&rsquo;s content have had significant reach, with notable pieces receiving between 20,000 and 120,000 views. These have been leveraged by Polkadot and its founders, parachain teams and their official accounts.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/EmilKietzman/status/1781085529611661512">A megathread about the future of Polkadot&ndash;JAM</a> by EmilKietzman: 115K views, 850 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama/status/1814660945634820109?s=46&amp;t=w6Lx2_7W6OffmtSBDHsQwA">Polkadot updates, changes, direction</a> by Pablo 56K views, 693 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbacix/status/1811811327268028798?s=46&amp;t=8OHoQS5WYvVJ6O_n5G4B0g">Decoded takes</a> by Gbaci: 40K views, 376 Likes</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fhswWQAxeGHTkfvyCD9Fq3KTCsZULJ-B7lZtWzorY20/edit?usp=sharing">Check out +30 written posts, among many, that stand as the main highlights from the past 5 months.</a>
&nbsp;
Our Hidden Contribution:
Many current ecosystem agents and initiative leaders began their journey with WagMedia, including:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/csaint02">Csaint</a>: Once a Kusamarian and WAG member, now a member of the Polkadot Editorial Board (EB).</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/GldnCalf">Jay</a> and <a href="https://x.com/BalanceBorn">Pnin</a>: Former WAG members, now Jay leading the Kusamarian and Pnin works for it.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Cris_Pap8"> Cris.pap</a>: Formerly with WAG, now founder of OGTracker.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/xcjeeper">Jeeper</a>: Former WAG contributor, now part of the DF-funded OpenGov.watch team.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/johnrhodelb">John Rhodel</a>: Formerly with WAG, now working on a Brazilian BD initiative funded through OpenGov.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/stakenode_dev">Jimmy Tudeski</a>: A Polkadot OG and validator who contributed to WAG for a while before taking a DV role.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbaciX">Gbaci</a>: Author of Polkadot Beginners, continues contributions through WAG.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_">Goku</a>: Started as a content creator, now a team member of WAG and the Polkadot EB.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama">Pablo</a>: Long-time WAG contributor and also contributor to Kusamarian.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16izZpBeoevWN5GE2YiasGIStlFh6LIrz_e0KMkkZpmM/edit?usp=sharing">And many more who have been either became ambassadors or team members of various ecosystem projects.</a>
&nbsp;
Our monthly audit reports for every expenditure: 
<ul>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 1: Through March 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 2: March 25 - April 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-3-recap-of-1st-half-and-april-25-may-24-1724706133077">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 3: Recap of 1st Half and April 25 - May 24 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-4-may-25-june-24-2024-1724706198565">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 4: May 25 - June 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-5-june-25-july-24-2024-1724709440241">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 5: June 25 - July 24, 2024 </a></li>
</ul>
<a href="https://thewagmedia.com/audit">WagMedia website</a> provides detailed content evaluation and reward audits. On-chain reward distributions can be found <a href="https://report.wagmedia.xyz/">here</a> (Treasury: DOT - OpenGov 365, and USDT - OpenGov 365).
&nbsp;
Our Goal: 
We aim to continue serving as a content creator hub, nurturing ecosystem agents, and incentivizing them to organically tell the stories of Polkadot. Our value loop:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/LCdpzWv/unnamed-1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" />
&nbsp;
Looking Forward: 
We aspire to evolve into a media hub that curates content from Polkadot creators, inspiring agnostic audiences everywhere. Our content will remain:
<ul>
<li>Entertaining</li>
<li>Witty</li>
<li>Approachable</li>
<li>Factual</li>
<li>Data-based</li>
<li>Authenticated</li>
</ul>
We are committed to enlarging the options for creators and teams to access content and retroactive tips, as well as enabling teams to open their own bounties. We have built a simple and minimal website to narrow down the steps to access WagMedia and plan to make it even more user-friendly in the next phase.
&nbsp;
One-Year Budget Request:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/xqkyWXs/unnamed-2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" />
&nbsp;
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">Brief budget info here</a>
For:
<ul>
<li>Continuation of all existing WagMedia services.</li>
<li>Upgrading the website to make it more accessible, becoming a one-click tip request hub for creators.</li>
<li>Sustaining growth on X, maintaining an educational and entertaining tone.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Was everything Pink? 
Nope. Challenges: WagMedia is primarily about creators, and it&rsquo;s deeply satisfying when a creator is nurtured well enough to step up and make their own impact beyond WAG within the ecosystem. This is the ideal scenario when there is a constant emergence of new creators. After all, our value grows when there is starfish-like growth. However, we&rsquo;ve noticed a stagnation in the number of new creators approaching Polkadot over the past year. Not just Polkadot, but also due to the prolonged market conditions and general sentiment changes in the crypto landscape. Still we adapt and keep on focusing on rewarding the best content rather than recycled or low-impact content, with tips ranging from $450 to $0.50.
Despite these challenges, during this period we have incentivized and kept prominent figures to write about Polkadot. We believe that if you see engaging, impactful content within the ecosystem, it&rsquo;s likely written by a WagMedia creator.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/ZBHbHWZ/unnamed-3.jpg" alt="" width="598" height="351" />
&nbsp;
You can read the full proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.
&nbsp;
Questions and feedback are welcome, and we look forward to hearing those.
<a href="https://discord.gg/Gzw7VVJ3">WagMedia Discord</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/thatMediaWag">WagMedia Twitter</a>

WagMedia - Collective Content Creation for 52 Weeks

Proponent: WagMedia Treasury
Requested USDC: 451400 USDC&nbsp;
&nbsp;
About us:
WagMedia is a content creation and media hub that has been nurturing and incentivizing storytellers within the Polkadot ecosystem since 2021. We connect the dots, taking ecosystem ideas, products, and solutions from &ldquo;So What?&rdquo; to &ldquo;Why Should People Care?&rdquo; through supporting and nurturing content creators and ecosystem agents.
&nbsp;
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/qMWpSgM/unnamed.jpg" alt="" width="577" height="433" />
&nbsp;
Adaptation and Evolution:
WagMedia continuously adapts to the needs of the ecosystem and paradigm shifts of the general crypto landscape, refining its approach in each treasury request. Starting as a simple tipping mechanism for content and translations on Discord, WagMedia now focuses solely on quality and impact over quantity, nurturing content creators to become ecosystem agents and long time contributors to the ecosystem.
&nbsp;
What We Delivered in 5 months:
<ul>
<li>Weekly Newsletter:&nbsp;&nbsp;A comprehensive <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/newsletter">newsletter</a> with 26 published editions, featuring stories thats showcase WM content generation and rise awareness about the polkadot ecosystem. A selection of featured stories that raise awareness&nbsp; include: <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dots-etf-ectively-on-the-way-1716850613205">The Moonbeam way</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/bring-on-dot-liquidity-1718732892138">Time for Hydration</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-way-forward-1722290276913">DOTcentralized funding (Polimec)</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/ready-steady-dot-1723067397681">Ready for Awesome Ajuna</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-wud-it-take-august-4th-to-august-10th-1723589173211">Wud is going on (WUD)</a>, and <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/reporting-about-dot-1715117127497">the LAOS Report</a>.</li>
<li>Content Bounties: On average, we opened 2 content bounties each week, totaling 41, +180 content written. Notable content from our bounties, featured in stories from our newsletter, includes The <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-is-ded-eggshilarating-1712494918000">Bounty-Hive</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/a-dot-2-back-1715796015841">Backing Content</a>, <a href="https://wagmediaweekly.substack.com/p/define-dot-and-make-changes-june">Define DOT Content</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/kolkadot-1720525494690">Wag Content</a>, and <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/ah-defining-dot-1724256292070">Gud Content</a></li>
<li>Retroactive Rewards: We retroactively rewarded the most impactful Polkadot content monthly, with a total of +30 payouts. Averaging $104.655 per post. Check out the featured story from our newsletter about retroactive content here.</li>
<li>Website and X Account: We aggregate all content on <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/">our website</a> and leverage our <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag">X account</a> for media publishing, memes, and entertaining material. See: <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag/status/1793644584322371841">Gavliator</a> by Turingmachine, <a href="https://x.com/thatmediawag/status/1819697695847793061?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Polkadot: where you define the rules.</a> Our X account also publishes threads and x articles derived from the news and featured stories in our newsletter.</li>
<li>Monthly Reports:&nbsp;We published +10 deatiled reports on OpenGov, treasury, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/creator/TheOyster">DeFi</a>, and the broader ecosystem.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Impact: 
Many of the WAG creator&rsquo;s content have had significant reach, with notable pieces receiving between 20,000 and 120,000 views. These have been leveraged by Polkadot and its founders, parachain teams and their official accounts.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/EmilKietzman/status/1781085529611661512">A megathread about the future of Polkadot&ndash;JAM</a> by EmilKietzman: 115K views, 850 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama/status/1814660945634820109?s=46&amp;t=w6Lx2_7W6OffmtSBDHsQwA">Polkadot updates, changes, direction</a> by Pablo 56K views, 693 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbacix/status/1811811327268028798?s=46&amp;t=8OHoQS5WYvVJ6O_n5G4B0g">Decoded takes</a> by Gbaci: 40K views, 376 Likes</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fhswWQAxeGHTkfvyCD9Fq3KTCsZULJ-B7lZtWzorY20/edit?usp=sharing">Check out +30 written posts, among many, that stand as the main highlights from the past 5 months.</a>
&nbsp;
Our Hidden Contribution:
Many current ecosystem agents and initiative leaders began their journey with WagMedia, including:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/csaint02">Csaint</a>: Once a Kusamarian and WAG member, now a member of the Polkadot Editorial Board (EB).</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/GldnCalf">Jay</a> and <a href="https://x.com/BalanceBorn">Pnin</a>: Former WAG members, now Jay leading the Kusamarian and Pnin works for it.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Cris_Pap8"> Cris.pap</a>: Formerly with WAG, now founder of OGTracker.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/xcjeeper">Jeeper</a>: Former WAG contributor, now part of the DF-funded OpenGov.watch team.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/johnrhodelb">John Rhodel</a>: Formerly with WAG, now working on a Brazilian BD initiative funded through OpenGov.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/stakenode_dev">Jimmy Tudeski</a>: A Polkadot OG and validator who contributed to WAG for a while before taking a DV role.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbaciX">Gbaci</a>: Author of Polkadot Beginners, continues contributions through WAG.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_">Goku</a>: Started as a content creator, now a team member of WAG and the Polkadot EB.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama">Pablo</a>: Long-time WAG contributor and also contributor to Kusamarian.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16izZpBeoevWN5GE2YiasGIStlFh6LIrz_e0KMkkZpmM/edit?usp=sharing">And many more who have been either became ambassadors or team members of various ecosystem projects.</a>
&nbsp;
Our monthly audit reports for every expenditure: 
<ul>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 1: Through March 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 2: March 25 - April 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-3-recap-of-1st-half-and-april-25-may-24-1724706133077">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 3: Recap of 1st Half and April 25 - May 24 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-4-may-25-june-24-2024-1724706198565">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 4: May 25 - June 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-5-june-25-july-24-2024-1724709440241">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 5: June 25 - July 24, 2024 </a></li>
</ul>
<a href="https://thewagmedia.com/audit">WagMedia website</a> provides detailed content evaluation and reward audits. On-chain reward distributions can be found <a href="https://report.wagmedia.xyz/">here</a> (Treasury: DOT - OpenGov 365, and USDT - OpenGov 365).
&nbsp;
Our Goal: 
We aim to continue serving as a content creator hub, nurturing ecosystem agents, and incentivizing them to organically tell the stories of Polkadot. Our value loop:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/LCdpzWv/unnamed-1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" />
&nbsp;
Looking Forward: 
We aspire to evolve into a media hub that curates content from Polkadot creators, inspiring agnostic audiences everywhere. Our content will remain:
<ul>
<li>Entertaining</li>
<li>Witty</li>
<li>Approachable</li>
<li>Factual</li>
<li>Data-based</li>
<li>Authenticated</li>
</ul>
We are committed to enlarging the options for creators and teams to access content and retroactive tips, as well as enabling teams to open their own bounties. We have built a simple and minimal website to narrow down the steps to access WagMedia and plan to make it even more user-friendly in the next phase.
&nbsp;
One-Year Budget Request:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/xqkyWXs/unnamed-2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" />
&nbsp;
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">Brief budget info here</a>
For:
<ul>
<li>Continuation of all existing WagMedia services.</li>
<li>Upgrading the website to make it more accessible, becoming a one-click tip request hub for creators.</li>
<li>Sustaining growth on X, maintaining an educational and entertaining tone.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Was everything Pink? 
Nope. Challenges: WagMedia is primarily about creators, and it&rsquo;s deeply satisfying when a creator is nurtured well enough to step up and make their own impact beyond WAG within the ecosystem. This is the ideal scenario when there is a constant emergence of new creators. After all, our value grows when there is starfish-like growth. However, we&rsquo;ve noticed a stagnation in the number of new creators approaching Polkadot over the past year. Not just Polkadot, but also due to the prolonged market conditions and general sentiment changes in the crypto landscape. Still we adapt and keep on focusing on rewarding the best content rather than recycled or low-impact content, with tips ranging from $450 to $0.50.
Despite these challenges, during this period we have incentivized and kept prominent figures to write about Polkadot. We believe that if you see engaging, impactful content within the ecosystem, it&rsquo;s likely written by a WagMedia creator.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/ZBHbHWZ/unnamed-3.jpg" alt="" width="598" height="351" />
&nbsp;
You can read the full proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.
&nbsp;
Questions and feedback are welcome, and we look forward to hearing those.
<a href="https://discord.gg/Gzw7VVJ3">WagMedia Discord</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/thatMediaWag">WagMedia Twitter</a>

Proponent: WagMedia Treasury
Requested DOT: 451400 USDC&nbsp;
&nbsp;
About us:
WagMedia is a content creation and media hub that has been nurturing and incentivizing storytellers within the Polkadot ecosystem since 2021. We connect the dots, taking ecosystem ideas, products, and solutions from &ldquo;So What?&rdquo; to &ldquo;Why Should People Care?&rdquo; through supporting and nurturing content creators and ecosystem agents.
&nbsp;
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/qMWpSgM/unnamed.jpg" alt="" width="577" height="433" />
&nbsp;
Adaptation and Evolution:
WagMedia continuously adapts to the needs of the ecosystem and paradigm shifts of the general crypto landscape, refining its approach in each treasury request. Starting as a simple tipping mechanism for content and translations on Discord, WagMedia now focuses solely on quality and impact over quantity, nurturing content creators to become ecosystem agents and long time contributors to the ecosystem.
&nbsp;
What We Delivered in 5 months:
<ul>
<li>Weekly Newsletter:&nbsp;&nbsp;A comprehensive <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/newsletter">newsletter</a> with 26 published editions, featuring stories thats showcase WM content generation and rise awareness about the polkadot ecosystem. A selection of featured stories that raise awareness&nbsp; include: <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dots-etf-ectively-on-the-way-1716850613205">The Moonbeam way</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/bring-on-dot-liquidity-1718732892138">Time for Hydration</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-way-forward-1722290276913">DOTcentralized funding (Polimec)</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/ready-steady-dot-1723067397681">Ready for Awesome Ajuna</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-wud-it-take-august-4th-to-august-10th-1723589173211">Wud is going on (WUD)</a>, and <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/reporting-about-dot-1715117127497">the LAOS Report</a>.</li>
<li>Content Bounties: On average, we opened 2 content bounties each week, totaling 41, +180 content written. Notable content from our bounties, featured in stories from our newsletter, includes The <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-is-ded-eggshilarating-1712494918000">Bounty-Hive</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/a-dot-2-back-1715796015841">Backing Content</a>, <a href="https://wagmediaweekly.substack.com/p/define-dot-and-make-changes-june">Define DOT Content</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/kolkadot-1720525494690">Wag Content</a>, and <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/ah-defining-dot-1724256292070">Gud Content</a></li>
<li>Retroactive Rewards: We retroactively rewarded the most impactful Polkadot content monthly, with a total of +30 payouts. Averaging $104.655 per post. Check out the featured story from our newsletter about retroactive content here.</li>
<li>Website and X Account: We aggregate all content on <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/">our website</a> and leverage our <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag">X account</a> for media publishing, memes, and entertaining material. See: <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag/status/1793644584322371841">Gavliator</a> by Turingmachine, <a href="https://x.com/thatmediawag/status/1819697695847793061?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Polkadot: where you define the rules.</a> Our X account also publishes threads and x articles derived from the news and featured stories in our newsletter.</li>
<li>Monthly Reports:&nbsp;We published +10 deatiled reports on OpenGov, treasury, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/creator/TheOyster">DeFi</a>, and the broader ecosystem.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Impact: 
Many of the WAG creator&rsquo;s content have had significant reach, with notable pieces receiving between 20,000 and 120,000 views. These have been leveraged by Polkadot and its founders, parachain teams and their official accounts.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/EmilKietzman/status/1781085529611661512">A megathread about the future of Polkadot&ndash;JAM</a> by EmilKietzman: 115K views, 850 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama/status/1814660945634820109?s=46&amp;t=w6Lx2_7W6OffmtSBDHsQwA">Polkadot updates, changes, direction</a> by Pablo 56K views, 693 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbacix/status/1811811327268028798?s=46&amp;t=8OHoQS5WYvVJ6O_n5G4B0g">Decoded takes</a> by Gbaci: 40K views, 376 Likes</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fhswWQAxeGHTkfvyCD9Fq3KTCsZULJ-B7lZtWzorY20/edit?usp=sharing">Check out +30 written posts, among many, that stand as the main highlights from the past 5 months.</a>
&nbsp;
Our Hidden Contribution:
Many current ecosystem agents and initiative leaders began their journey with WagMedia, including:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/csaint02">Csaint</a>: Once a Kusamarian and WAG member, now a member of the Polkadot Editorial Board (EB).</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/GldnCalf">Jay</a> and <a href="https://x.com/BalanceBorn">Pnin</a>: Former WAG members, now Jay leading the Kusamarian and Pnin works for it.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Cris_Pap8"> Cris.pap</a>: Formerly with WAG, now founder of OGTracker.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/xcjeeper">Jeeper</a>: Former WAG contributor, now part of the DF-funded OpenGov.watch team.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/johnrhodelb">John Rhodel</a>: Formerly with WAG, now working on a Brazilian BD initiative funded through OpenGov.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/stakenode_dev">Jimmy Tudeski</a>: A Polkadot OG and validator who contributed to WAG for a while before taking a DV role.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbaciX">Gbaci</a>: Author of Polkadot Beginners, continues contributions through WAG.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_">Goku</a>: Started as a content creator, now a team member of WAG and the Polkadot EB.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama">Pablo</a>: Long-time WAG contributor and also contributor to Kusamarian.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16izZpBeoevWN5GE2YiasGIStlFh6LIrz_e0KMkkZpmM/edit?usp=sharing">And many more who have been either became ambassadors or team members of various ecosystem projects.</a>
&nbsp;
Our monthly audit reports for every expenditure: 
<ul>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 1: Through March 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 2: March 25 - April 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-3-recap-of-1st-half-and-april-25-may-24-1724706133077">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 3: Recap of 1st Half and April 25 - May 24 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-4-may-25-june-24-2024-1724706198565">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 4: May 25 - June 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-5-june-25-july-24-2024-1724709440241">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 5: June 25 - July 24, 2024 </a></li>
</ul>
<a href="https://thewagmedia.com/audit">WagMedia website</a> provides detailed content evaluation and reward audits. On-chain reward distributions can be found <a href="https://report.wagmedia.xyz/">here</a> (Treasury: DOT - OpenGov 365, and USDT - OpenGov 365).
&nbsp;
Our Goal: 
We aim to continue serving as a content creator hub, nurturing ecosystem agents, and incentivizing them to organically tell the stories of Polkadot. Our value loop:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/LCdpzWv/unnamed-1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" />
&nbsp;
Looking Forward: 
We aspire to evolve into a media hub that curates content from Polkadot creators, inspiring agnostic audiences everywhere. Our content will remain:
<ul>
<li>Entertaining</li>
<li>Witty</li>
<li>Approachable</li>
<li>Factual</li>
<li>Data-based</li>
<li>Authenticated</li>
</ul>
We are committed to enlarging the options for creators and teams to access content and retroactive tips, as well as enabling teams to open their own bounties. We have built a simple and minimal website to narrow down the steps to access WagMedia and plan to make it even more user-friendly in the next phase.
&nbsp;
One-Year Budget Request:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/xqkyWXs/unnamed-2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" />
&nbsp;
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">Brief budget info here</a>
For:
<ul>
<li>Continuation of all existing WagMedia services.</li>
<li>Upgrading the website to make it more accessible, becoming a one-click tip request hub for creators.</li>
<li>Sustaining growth on X, maintaining an educational and entertaining tone.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Was everything Pink? 
Nope. Challenges: WagMedia is primarily about creators, and it&rsquo;s deeply satisfying when a creator is nurtured well enough to step up and make their own impact beyond WAG within the ecosystem. This is the ideal scenario when there is a constant emergence of new creators. After all, our value grows when there is starfish-like growth. However, we&rsquo;ve noticed a stagnation in the number of new creators approaching Polkadot over the past year. Not just Polkadot, but also due to the prolonged market conditions and general sentiment changes in the crypto landscape. Still we adapt and keep on focusing on rewarding the best content rather than recycled or low-impact content, with tips ranging from $450 to $0.50.
Despite these challenges, during this period we have incentivized and kept prominent figures to write about Polkadot. We believe that if you see engaging, impactful content within the ecosystem, it&rsquo;s likely written by a WagMedia creator.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/ZBHbHWZ/unnamed-3.jpg" alt="" width="598" height="351" />
&nbsp;
You can read the full proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.
&nbsp;
Questions and feedback are welcome, and we look forward to hearing those.
<a href="https://discord.gg/Gzw7VVJ3">WagMedia Discord</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/thatMediaWag">WagMedia Twitter</a>

Proponent: WagMedia multisig
Date: 29.08.2024
Requested DOT: 99,537 DOT ($451400) at $5.535, 7 Days EMA&nbsp;
&nbsp;
About us:
WagMedia is a content creation and media hub that has been nurturing and incentivizing storytellers within the Polkadot ecosystem since 2021. We connect the dots, taking ecosystem ideas, products, and solutions from &ldquo;So What?&rdquo; to &ldquo;Why Should People Care?&rdquo; through supporting and nurturing content creators and ecosystem agents.
&nbsp;
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/qMWpSgM/unnamed.jpg" alt="" width="577" height="433" />
&nbsp;
Adaptation and Evolution:
WagMedia continuously adapts to the needs of the ecosystem and paradigm shifts of the general crypto landscape, refining its approach in each treasury request. Starting as a simple tipping mechanism for content and translations on Discord, WagMedia now focuses solely on quality and impact over quantity, nurturing content creators to become ecosystem agents and long time contributors to the ecosystem.
&nbsp;
What We Delivered in 5 months:
<ul>
<li>Weekly Newsletter:&nbsp;&nbsp;A comprehensive <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/newsletter">newsletter</a> with 26 published editions, featuring stories thats showcase WM content generation and rise awareness about the polkadot ecosystem. A selection of featured stories that raise awareness&nbsp; include: <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dots-etf-ectively-on-the-way-1716850613205">The Moonbeam way</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/bring-on-dot-liquidity-1718732892138">Time for Hydration</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-way-forward-1722290276913">DOTcentralized funding (Polimec)</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/ready-steady-dot-1723067397681">Ready for Awesome Ajuna</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-wud-it-take-august-4th-to-august-10th-1723589173211">Wud is going on (WUD)</a>, and <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/reporting-about-dot-1715117127497">the LAOS Report</a>.</li>
<li>Content Bounties: On average, we opened 2 content bounties each week, totaling 41, +180 content written. Notable content from our bounties, featured in stories from our newsletter, includes The <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-is-ded-eggshilarating-1712494918000">Bounty-Hive</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/a-dot-2-back-1715796015841">Backing Content</a>, <a href="https://wagmediaweekly.substack.com/p/define-dot-and-make-changes-june">Define DOT Content</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/kolkadot-1720525494690">Wag Content</a>, and <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/ah-defining-dot-1724256292070">Gud Content</a></li>
<li>Retroactive Rewards: We retroactively rewarded the most impactful Polkadot content monthly, with a total of +30 payouts. Averaging $104.655 per post. Check out the featured story from our newsletter about retroactive content here.</li>
<li>Website and X Account: We aggregate all content on <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/">our website</a> and leverage our <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag">X account</a> for media publishing, memes, and entertaining material. See: <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag/status/1793644584322371841">Gavliator</a> by Turingmachine, <a href="https://x.com/thatmediawag/status/1819697695847793061?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Polkadot: where you define the rules.</a> Our X account also publishes threads and x articles derived from the news and featured stories in our newsletter.</li>
<li>Monthly Reports:&nbsp;We published +10 deatiled reports on OpenGov, treasury, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/creator/TheOyster">DeFi</a>, and the broader ecosystem.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Impact: 
Many of the WAG creator&rsquo;s content have had significant reach, with notable pieces receiving between 20,000 and 120,000 views. These have been leveraged by Polkadot and its founders, parachain teams and their official accounts.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/EmilKietzman/status/1781085529611661512">A megathread about the future of Polkadot&ndash;JAM</a> by EmilKietzman: 115K views, 850 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama/status/1814660945634820109?s=46&amp;t=w6Lx2_7W6OffmtSBDHsQwA">Polkadot updates, changes, direction</a> by Pablo 56K views, 693 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbacix/status/1811811327268028798?s=46&amp;t=8OHoQS5WYvVJ6O_n5G4B0g">Decoded takes</a> by Gbaci: 40K views, 376 Likes</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fhswWQAxeGHTkfvyCD9Fq3KTCsZULJ-B7lZtWzorY20/edit?usp=sharing">Check out +30 written posts, among many, that stand as the main highlights from the past 5 months.</a>
&nbsp;
Our Hidden Contribution:
Many current ecosystem agents and initiative leaders began their journey with WagMedia, including:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/csaint02">Csaint</a>: Once a Kusamarian and WAG member, now a member of the Polkadot Editorial Board (EB).</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/GldnCalf">Jay</a> and <a href="https://x.com/BalanceBorn">Pnin</a>: Former WAG members, now Jay leading the Kusamarian and Pnin works for it.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Cris_Pap8"> Cris.pap</a>: Formerly with WAG, now founder of OGTracker.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/xcjeeper">Jeeper</a>: Former WAG contributor, now part of the DF-funded OpenGov.watch team.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/johnrhodelb">John Rhodel</a>: Formerly with WAG, now working on a Brazilian BD initiative funded through OpenGov.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/stakenode_dev">Jimmy Tudeski</a>: A Polkadot OG and validator who contributed to WAG for a while before taking a DV role.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbaciX">Gbaci</a>: Author of Polkadot Beginners, continues contributions through WAG.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_">Goku</a>: Started as a content creator, now a team member of WAG and the Polkadot EB.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama">Pablo</a>: Long-time WAG contributor and also contributor to Kusamarian.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16izZpBeoevWN5GE2YiasGIStlFh6LIrz_e0KMkkZpmM/edit?usp=sharing">And many more who have been either became ambassadors or team members of various ecosystem projects.</a>
&nbsp;
Our monthly audit reports for every expenditure: 
<ul>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 1: Through March 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 2: March 25 - April 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-3-recap-of-1st-half-and-april-25-may-24-1724706133077">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 3: Recap of 1st Half and April 25 - May 24 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-4-may-25-june-24-2024-1724706198565">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 4: May 25 - June 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-5-june-25-july-24-2024-1724709440241">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 5: June 25 - July 24, 2024 </a></li>
</ul>
<a href="https://thewagmedia.com/audit">WagMedia website</a> provides detailed content evaluation and reward audits. On-chain reward distributions can be found <a href="https://report.wagmedia.xyz/">here</a> (Treasury: DOT - OpenGov 365, and USDT - OpenGov 365).
&nbsp;
Our Goal: 
We aim to continue serving as a content creator hub, nurturing ecosystem agents, and incentivizing them to organically tell the stories of Polkadot. Our value loop:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/LCdpzWv/unnamed-1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" />
&nbsp;
Looking Forward: 
We aspire to evolve into a media hub that curates content from Polkadot creators, inspiring agnostic audiences everywhere. Our content will remain:
<ul>
<li>Entertaining</li>
<li>Witty</li>
<li>Approachable</li>
<li>Factual</li>
<li>Data-based</li>
<li>Authenticated</li>
</ul>
We are committed to enlarging the options for creators and teams to access content and retroactive tips, as well as enabling teams to open their own bounties. We have built a simple and minimal website to narrow down the steps to access WagMedia and plan to make it even more user-friendly in the next phase.
&nbsp;
One-Year Budget Request:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/xqkyWXs/unnamed-2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" />
&nbsp;
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">Brief budget info here</a>
For:
<ul>
<li>Continuation of all existing WagMedia services.</li>
<li>Upgrading the website to make it more accessible, becoming a one-click tip request hub for creators.</li>
<li>Sustaining growth on X, maintaining an educational and entertaining tone.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Was everything Pink? 
Nope. Challenges: WagMedia is primarily about creators, and it&rsquo;s deeply satisfying when a creator is nurtured well enough to step up and make their own impact beyond WAG within the ecosystem. This is the ideal scenario when there is a constant emergence of new creators. After all, our value grows when there is starfish-like growth. However, we&rsquo;ve noticed a stagnation in the number of new creators approaching Polkadot over the past year. Not just Polkadot, but also due to the prolonged market conditions and general sentiment changes in the crypto landscape. Still we adapt and keep on focusing on rewarding the best content rather than recycled or low-impact content, with tips ranging from $450 to $0.50.
Despite these challenges, during this period we have incentivized and kept prominent figures to write about Polkadot. We believe that if you see engaging, impactful content within the ecosystem, it&rsquo;s likely written by a WagMedia creator.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/ZBHbHWZ/unnamed-3.jpg" alt="" width="598" height="351" />
&nbsp;
You can read the full proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.
&nbsp;
Questions and feedback are welcome, and we look forward to hearing those.
<a href="https://discord.gg/Gzw7VVJ3">WagMedia Discord</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/thatMediaWag">WagMedia Twitter</a>

Proponent: Wagmedia Multisig
Date: 29.08.2024
Requested DOT: 99,537 DOT ($451400) at $5.535, 7 Days EMA&nbsp;
&nbsp;
About us:
WagMedia is a content creation and media hub that has been nurturing and incentivizing storytellers within the Polkadot ecosystem since 2021. We connect the dots, taking ecosystem ideas, products, and solutions from &ldquo;So What?&rdquo; to &ldquo;Why Should People Care?&rdquo; through supporting and nurturing content creators and ecosystem agents.
&nbsp;
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/qMWpSgM/unnamed.jpg" alt="" width="577" height="433" />
&nbsp;
Adaptation and Evolution:
WagMedia continuously adapts to the needs of the ecosystem and paradigm shifts of the general crypto landscape, refining its approach in each treasury request. Starting as a simple tipping mechanism for content and translations on Discord, WagMedia now focuses solely on quality and impact over quantity, nurturing content creators to become ecosystem agents and long time contributors to the ecosystem.
&nbsp;
What We Delivered in 5 months:
<ul>
<li>Weekly Newsletter:&nbsp;&nbsp;A comprehensive <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/newsletter">newsletter</a> with 26 published editions, featuring stories thats showcase WM content generation and rise awareness about the polkadot ecosystem. A selection of featured stories that raise awareness&nbsp; include: <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dots-etf-ectively-on-the-way-1716850613205">The Moonbeam way</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/bring-on-dot-liquidity-1718732892138">Time for Hydration</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-way-forward-1722290276913">DOTcentralized funding (Polimec)</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/ready-steady-dot-1723067397681">Ready for Awesome Ajuna</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-wud-it-take-august-4th-to-august-10th-1723589173211">Wud is going on (WUD)</a>, and <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/reporting-about-dot-1715117127497">the LAOS Report</a>.</li>
<li>Content Bounties: On average, we opened 2 content bounties each week, totaling 41, +180 content written. Notable content from our bounties, featured in stories from our newsletter, includes The <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-is-ded-eggshilarating-1712494918000">Bounty-Hive</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/a-dot-2-back-1715796015841">Backing Content</a>, <a href="https://wagmediaweekly.substack.com/p/define-dot-and-make-changes-june">Define DOT Content</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/kolkadot-1720525494690">Wag Content</a>, and <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/ah-defining-dot-1724256292070">Gud Content</a></li>
<li>Retroactive Rewards: We retroactively rewarded the most impactful Polkadot content monthly, with a total of +30 payouts. Averaging $104.655 per post. Check out the featured story from our newsletter about retroactive content here.</li>
<li>Website and X Account: We aggregate all content on <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/">our website</a> and leverage our <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag">X account</a> for media publishing, memes, and entertaining material. See: <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag/status/1793644584322371841">Gavliator</a> by Turingmachine, <a href="https://x.com/thatmediawag/status/1819697695847793061?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Polkadot: where you define the rules.</a> Our X account also publishes threads and x articles derived from the news and featured stories in our newsletter.</li>
<li>Monthly Reports:&nbsp;We published +10 deatiled reports on OpenGov, treasury, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/creator/TheOyster">DeFi</a>, and the broader ecosystem.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Impact: 
Many of the WAG creator&rsquo;s content have had significant reach, with notable pieces receiving between 20,000 and 120,000 views. These have been leveraged by Polkadot and its founders, parachain teams and their official accounts.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/EmilKietzman/status/1781085529611661512">A megathread about the future of Polkadot&ndash;JAM</a> by EmilKietzman: 115K views, 850 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama/status/1814660945634820109?s=46&amp;t=w6Lx2_7W6OffmtSBDHsQwA">Polkadot updates, changes, direction</a> by Pablo 56K views, 693 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbacix/status/1811811327268028798?s=46&amp;t=8OHoQS5WYvVJ6O_n5G4B0g">Decoded takes</a> by Gbaci: 40K views, 376 Likes</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fhswWQAxeGHTkfvyCD9Fq3KTCsZULJ-B7lZtWzorY20/edit?usp=sharing">Check out +30 written posts, among many, that stand as the main highlights from the past 5 months.</a>
&nbsp;
Our Hidden Contribution:
Many current ecosystem agents and initiative leaders began their journey with WagMedia, including:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/csaint02">Csaint</a>: Once a Kusamarian and WAG member, now a member of the Polkadot Editorial Board (EB).</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/GldnCalf">Jay</a> and <a href="https://x.com/BalanceBorn">Pnin</a>: Former WAG members, now Jay leading the Kusamarian and Pnin works for it.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Cris_Pap8"> Cris.pap</a>: Formerly with WAG, now founder of OGTracker.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/xcjeeper">Jeeper</a>: Former WAG contributor, now part of the DF-funded OpenGov.watch team.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/johnrhodelb">John Rhodel</a>: Formerly with WAG, now working on a Brazilian BD initiative funded through OpenGov.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/stakenode_dev">Jimmy Tudeski</a>: A Polkadot OG and validator who contributed to WAG for a while before taking a DV role.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbaciX">Gbaci</a>: Author of Polkadot Beginners, continues contributions through WAG.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_">Goku</a>: Started as a content creator, now a team member of WAG and the Polkadot EB.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama">Pablo</a>: Long-time WAG contributor and also contributor to Kusamarian.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16izZpBeoevWN5GE2YiasGIStlFh6LIrz_e0KMkkZpmM/edit?usp=sharing">And many more who have been either became ambassadors or team members of various ecosystem projects.</a>
&nbsp;
Our monthly audit reports for every expenditure: 
<ul>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 1: Through March 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 2: March 25 - April 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-3-recap-of-1st-half-and-april-25-may-24-1724706133077">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 3: Recap of 1st Half and April 25 - May 24 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-4-may-25-june-24-2024-1724706198565">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 4: May 25 - June 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-5-june-25-july-24-2024-1724709440241">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 5: June 25 - July 24, 2024 </a></li>
</ul>
<a href="https://thewagmedia.com/audit">WagMedia website</a> provides detailed content evaluation and reward audits. On-chain reward distributions can be found <a href="https://report.wagmedia.xyz/">here</a> (Treasury: DOT - OpenGov 365, and USDT - OpenGov 365).
&nbsp;
Our Goal: 
We aim to continue serving as a content creator hub, nurturing ecosystem agents, and incentivizing them to organically tell the stories of Polkadot. Our value loop:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/LCdpzWv/unnamed-1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" />
&nbsp;
Looking Forward: 
We aspire to evolve into a media hub that curates content from Polkadot creators, inspiring agnostic audiences everywhere. Our content will remain:
<ul>
<li>Entertaining</li>
<li>Witty</li>
<li>Approachable</li>
<li>Factual</li>
<li>Data-based</li>
<li>Authenticated</li>
</ul>
We are committed to enlarging the options for creators and teams to access content and retroactive tips, as well as enabling teams to open their own bounties. We have built a simple and minimal website to narrow down the steps to access WagMedia and plan to make it even more user-friendly in the next phase.
&nbsp;
One-Year Budget Request:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/xqkyWXs/unnamed-2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" />
&nbsp;
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">Brief budget info here</a>
For:
<ul>
<li>Continuation of all existing WagMedia services.</li>
<li>Upgrading the website to make it more accessible, becoming a one-click tip request hub for creators.</li>
<li>Sustaining growth on X, maintaining an educational and entertaining tone.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Was everything Pink? 
Nope. Challenges: WagMedia is primarily about creators, and it&rsquo;s deeply satisfying when a creator is nurtured well enough to step up and make their own impact beyond WAG within the ecosystem. This is the ideal scenario when there is a constant emergence of new creators. After all, our value grows when there is starfish-like growth. However, we&rsquo;ve noticed a stagnation in the number of new creators approaching Polkadot over the past year. Not just Polkadot, but also due to the prolonged market conditions and general sentiment changes in the crypto landscape. Still we adapt and keep on focusing on rewarding the best content rather than recycled or low-impact content, with tips ranging from $450 to $0.50.
Despite these challenges, during this period we have incentivized and kept prominent figures to write about Polkadot. We believe that if you see engaging, impactful content within the ecosystem, it&rsquo;s likely written by a WagMedia creator.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/ZBHbHWZ/unnamed-3.jpg" alt="" width="598" height="351" />
&nbsp;
You can read the full proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.
&nbsp;
Questions and feedback are welcome, and we look forward to hearing those.
<a href="https://discord.gg/Gzw7VVJ3">WagMedia Discord</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/thatMediaWag">WagMedia Twitter</a>

About us:
WagMedia is a content creation and media hub that has been nurturing and incentivizing storytellers within the Polkadot ecosystem since 2021. We connect the dots, taking ecosystem ideas, products, and solutions from &ldquo;So What?&rdquo; to &ldquo;Why Should People Care?&rdquo; through supporting and nurturing content creators and ecosystem agents.
&nbsp;
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/qMWpSgM/unnamed.jpg" alt="" width="577" height="433" />
&nbsp;
Adaptation and Evolution:
WagMedia continuously adapts to the needs of the ecosystem and paradigm shifts of the general crypto landscape, refining its approach in each treasury request. Starting as a simple tipping mechanism for content and translations on Discord, WagMedia now focuses solely on quality and impact over quantity, nurturing content creators to become ecosystem agents and long time contributors to the ecosystem.
&nbsp;
What We Delivered in 5 months:
<ul>
<li>Content Bounties: On average, we opened 2 content bounties each week, totaling 41, +180 content written.</li>
<li>Retroactive Rewards: We retroactively rewarded the most impactful Polkadot content monthly, with a total of +30 payouts. Averaging $104.655 per post.</li>
<li>Weekly Newsletter: A comprehensive <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/newsletter">newsletter</a> covering everything Polkadot, with 26 editions published so far.</li>
<li>Monthly Reports: We published +10 detailed reports on OpenGov, treasury, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/creator/TheOyster">DeFi</a>, and the broader ecosystem.</li>
<li>Website and X Account: We aggregate all content on <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/">our website</a> and leverage our <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag">X account</a> for media publishing, memes, and entertaining material. See: <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag/status/1793644584322371841">Gavliator</a> by Turingmachine, <a href="https://x.com/thatmediawag/status/1819697695847793061?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Polkadot: where you define the rules.</a></li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Impact: 
Many of the WAG creator&rsquo;s content have had significant reach, with notable pieces receiving between 20,000 and 120,000 views. These have been leveraged by Polkadot and its founders, parachain teams and their official accounts.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/EmilKietzman/status/1781085529611661512">A megathread about the future of Polkadot&ndash;JAM</a> by EmilKietzman: 115K views, 850 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama/status/1814660945634820109?s=46&amp;t=w6Lx2_7W6OffmtSBDHsQwA">Polkadot updates, changes, direction</a> by Pablo 56K views, 693 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbacix/status/1811811327268028798?s=46&amp;t=8OHoQS5WYvVJ6O_n5G4B0g">Decoded takes</a> by Gbaci: 40K views, 376 Likes</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fhswWQAxeGHTkfvyCD9Fq3KTCsZULJ-B7lZtWzorY20/edit?usp=sharing">Check out +30 written posts, among many, that stand as the main highlights from the past 5 months.</a>
&nbsp;
Our Hidden Contribution:
Many current ecosystem agents and initiative leaders began their journey with WagMedia, including:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/csaint02">Csaint</a>: Once a Kusamarian and WAG member, now a member of the Polkadot Editorial Board (EB).</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/GldnCalf">Jay</a> and <a href="https://x.com/BalanceBorn">Pnin</a>: Former WAG members, now Jay leading the Kusamarian and Pnin works for it.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Cris_Pap8"> Cris.pap</a>: Formerly with WAG, now founder of OGTracker.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/xcjeeper">Jeeper</a>: Former WAG contributor, now part of the DF-funded OpenGov.watch team.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/johnrhodelb">John Rhodel</a>: Formerly with WAG, now working on a Brazilian BD initiative funded through OpenGov.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/stakenode_dev">Jimmy Tudeski</a>: A Polkadot OG and validator who contributed to WAG for a while before taking a DV role.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbaciX">Gbaci</a>: Author of Polkadot Beginners, continues contributions through WAG.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_">Goku</a>: Started as a content creator, now a team member of WAG and the Polkadot EB.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama">Pablo</a>: Long-time WAG contributor and also contributor to Kusamarian.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16izZpBeoevWN5GE2YiasGIStlFh6LIrz_e0KMkkZpmM/edit?usp=sharing">And many more who have been either became ambassadors or team members of various ecosystem projects.</a>
&nbsp;
Our monthly audit reports for every expenditure: 
<ul>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 1: Through March 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 2: March 25 - April 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-3-recap-of-1st-half-and-april-25-may-24-1724706133077">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 3: Recap of 1st Half and April 25 - May 24 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-4-may-25-june-24-2024-1724706198565">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 4: May 25 - June 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-5-june-25-july-24-2024-1724709440241">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 5: June 25 - July 24, 2024 </a></li>
</ul>
<a href="https://thewagmedia.com/audit">WagMedia website</a> provides detailed content evaluation and reward audits. On-chain reward distributions can be found <a href="https://report.wagmedia.xyz/">here</a> (Treasury: DOT - OpenGov 365, and USDT - OpenGov 365).
&nbsp;
Our Goal: 
We aim to continue serving as a content creator hub, nurturing ecosystem agents, and incentivizing them to organically tell the stories of Polkadot. Our value loop:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/LCdpzWv/unnamed-1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" />
&nbsp;
Looking Forward: 
We aspire to evolve into a media hub that curates content from Polkadot creators, inspiring agnostic audiences everywhere. Our content will remain:
<ul>
<li>Entertaining</li>
<li>Witty</li>
<li>Approachable</li>
<li>Factual</li>
<li>Data-based</li>
<li>Authenticated</li>
</ul>
We are committed to enlarging the options for creators and teams to access content and retroactive tips, as well as enabling teams to open their own bounties. We have built a simple and minimal website to narrow down the steps to access WagMedia and plan to make it even more user-friendly in the next phase.
&nbsp;
One-Year Budget Request:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/xqkyWXs/unnamed-2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" />
&nbsp;
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">Brief budget info here</a>
For:
<ul>
<li>Continuation of all existing WagMedia services.</li>
<li>Upgrading the website to make it more accessible, becoming a one-click tip request hub for creators.</li>
<li>Sustaining growth on X, maintaining an educational and entertaining tone.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Was everything Pink? 
Nope. Challenges: WagMedia is primarily about creators, and it&rsquo;s deeply satisfying when a creator is nurtured well enough to step up and make their own impact beyond WAG within the ecosystem. This is the ideal scenario when there is a constant emergence of new creators. After all, our value grows when there is starfish-like growth. However, we&rsquo;ve noticed a stagnation in the number of new creators approaching Polkadot over the past year. Not just Polkadot, but also due to the prolonged market conditions and general sentiment changes in the crypto landscape. Still we adapt and keep on focusing on rewarding the best content rather than recycled or low-impact content, with tips ranging from $450 to $0.50.
Despite these challenges, during this period we have incentivized and kept prominent figures to write about Polkadot. We believe that if you see engaging, impactful content within the ecosystem, it&rsquo;s likely written by a WagMedia creator.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/ZBHbHWZ/unnamed-3.jpg" alt="" width="598" height="351" />
&nbsp;
You can read the full proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.
&nbsp;
Questions and feedback are welcome, and we look forward to hearing those.
<a href="https://discord.gg/Gzw7VVJ3">WagMedia Discord</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/thatMediaWag">WagMedia Twitter</a>

About us:
WagMedia is a content creation and media hub that has been nurturing and incentivizing storytellers within the Polkadot ecosystem since 2021. We connect the dots, taking ecosystem ideas, products, and solutions from &ldquo;So What?&rdquo; to &ldquo;Why Should People Care?&rdquo; through supporting and nurturing content creators and ecosystem agents.
&nbsp;
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/qMWpSgM/unnamed.jpg" alt="" width="577" height="433" />
&nbsp;
Adaptation and Evolution:
WagMedia continuously adapts to the needs of the ecosystem and paradigm shifts of the general crypto landscape, refining its approach in each treasury request. Starting as a simple tipping mechanism for content and translations on Discord, WagMedia now focuses solely on quality and impact over quantity, nurturing content creators to become ecosystem agents and long time contributors to the ecosystem.
&nbsp;
What We Delivered in 5 months:
<ul>
<li>Content Bounties: On average, we opened 2 content bounties each week, totaling 41, +180 content written.</li>
<li>Retroactive Rewards: We retroactively rewarded the most impactful Polkadot content monthly, with a total of +30 payouts. Averaging $104.655 per article.</li>
<li>Weekly Newsletter: A comprehensive newsletter covering everything Polkadot, with 26 editions published so far.</li>
<li>Monthly Reports: We published +10 detailed reports on OpenGov, treasury, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/creator/TheOyster">DeFi</a>, and the broader ecosystem.</li>
<li>Website and X Account: We aggregate all content on <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/">our website</a> and leverage our <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag">X account</a> for media publishing, memes, and entertaining material. See: <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag/status/1793644584322371841">Gavliator</a> by Turingmachine, <a href="https://x.com/thatmediawag/status/1819697695847793061?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Polkadot: where you define the rules.</a></li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Impact: 
Many of the WAG creator&rsquo;s content have had significant reach, with notable pieces receiving between 20,000 and 120,000 views. These have been leveraged by Polkadot and its founders, parachain teams and their official accounts.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/EmilKietzman/status/1781085529611661512">A megathread about the future of Polkadot&ndash;JAM</a> by EmilKietzman: 115K views, 850 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama/status/1814660945634820109?s=46&amp;t=w6Lx2_7W6OffmtSBDHsQwA">Polkadot updates, changes, direction</a> by Pablo 56K views, 693 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbacix/status/1811811327268028798?s=46&amp;t=8OHoQS5WYvVJ6O_n5G4B0g">Decoded takes</a> by Gbaci: 40K views, 376 Likes</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fhswWQAxeGHTkfvyCD9Fq3KTCsZULJ-B7lZtWzorY20/edit?usp=sharing">Check out +30 written posts, among many, that stand as the main highlights from the past 5 months.</a>
&nbsp;
Our Hidden Contribution:
Many current ecosystem agents and initiative leaders began their journey with WagMedia, including:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/csaint02">Csaint</a>: Once a Kusamarian and WAG member, now a member of the Polkadot Editorial Board (EB).</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/GldnCalf">Jay</a> and <a href="https://x.com/BalanceBorn">Pnin</a>: Former WAG members, now Jay leading the Kusamarian and Pnin works for it.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Cris_Pap8"> Cris.pap</a>: Formerly with WAG, now founder of OGTracker.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/xcjeeper">Jeeper</a>: Former WAG contributor, now part of the DF-funded OpenGov.watch team.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/johnrhodelb">John Rhodel</a>: Formerly with WAG, now working on a Brazilian BD initiative funded through OpenGov.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/stakenode_dev">Jimmy Tudeski</a>: A Polkadot OG and validator who contributed to WAG for a while before taking a DV role.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbaciX">Gbaci</a>: Author of Polkadot Beginners, continues contributions through WAG.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_">Goku</a>: Started as a content creator, now a team member of WAG and the Polkadot EB.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama">Pablo</a>: Long-time WAG contributor and also contributor to Kusamarian.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16izZpBeoevWN5GE2YiasGIStlFh6LIrz_e0KMkkZpmM/edit?usp=sharing">And many more who have been either became ambassadors or team members of various ecosystem projects.</a>
&nbsp;
Our monthly audit reports for every expenditure: 
<ul>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 1: Through March 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 2: March 25 - April 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-3-recap-of-1st-half-and-april-25-may-24-1724706133077">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 3: Recap of 1st Half and April 25 - May 24 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-4-may-25-june-24-2024-1724706198565">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 4: May 25 - June 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-5-june-25-july-24-2024-1724709440241">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 5: June 25 - July 24, 2024 </a></li>
</ul>
<a href="https://thewagmedia.com/audit">WagMedia website</a> provides detailed content evaluation and reward audits. On-chain reward distributions can be found <a href="https://report.wagmedia.xyz/">here</a> (Treasury: DOT - OpenGov 365, and USDT - OpenGov 365).
&nbsp;
Our Goal: 
We aim to continue serving as a content creator hub, nurturing ecosystem agents, and incentivizing them to organically tell the stories of Polkadot. Our value loop:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/LCdpzWv/unnamed-1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" />
&nbsp;
Looking Forward: 
We aspire to evolve into a media hub that curates content from Polkadot creators, inspiring agnostic audiences everywhere. Our content will remain:
<ul>
<li>Entertaining</li>
<li>Witty</li>
<li>Approachable</li>
<li>Factual</li>
<li>Data-based</li>
<li>Authenticated</li>
</ul>
We are committed to enlarging the options for creators and teams to access content and retroactive tips, as well as enabling teams to open their own bounties. We have built a simple and minimal website to narrow down the steps to access WagMedia and plan to make it even more user-friendly in the next phase.
&nbsp;
One-Year Budget Request:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/xqkyWXs/unnamed-2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" />
&nbsp;
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">Brief budget info here</a>
For:
<ul>
<li>Continuation of all existing WagMedia services.</li>
<li>Upgrading the website to make it more accessible, becoming a one-click tip request hub for creators.</li>
<li>Sustaining growth on X, maintaining an educational and entertaining tone.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Was everything Pink? 
Nope. Challenges: WagMedia is primarily about creators, and it&rsquo;s deeply satisfying when a creator is nurtured well enough to step up and make their own impact beyond WAG within the ecosystem. This is the ideal scenario when there is a constant emergence of new creators. After all, our value grows when there is starfish-like growth. However, we&rsquo;ve noticed a stagnation in the number of new creators approaching Polkadot over the past year. Not just Polkadot, but also due to the prolonged market conditions and general sentiment changes in the crypto landscape. Still we adapt and keep on focusing on rewarding the best content rather than recycled or low-impact content, with tips ranging from $450 to $0.50.
Despite these challenges, during this period we have incentivized and kept prominent figures to write about Polkadot. We believe that if you see engaging, impactful content within the ecosystem, it&rsquo;s likely written by a WagMedia creator.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/ZBHbHWZ/unnamed-3.jpg" alt="" width="598" height="351" />
&nbsp;
You can read the full proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.
&nbsp;
Questions and feedback are welcome, and we look forward to hearing those.
<a href="https://discord.gg/Gzw7VVJ3">WagMedia Discord</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/thatMediaWag">WagMedia Twitter</a>

<h3 id="prologue">About us:</h3>
WagMedia is a content creation and media hub that has been nurturing and incentivizing storytellers within the Polkadot ecosystem since 2021. We connect the dots, taking ecosystem ideas, products, and solutions from &ldquo;So What?&rdquo; to &ldquo;Why Should People Care?&rdquo; through supporting and nurturing content creators and ecosystem agents.
&nbsp;
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/qMWpSgM/unnamed.jpg" alt="" width="577" height="433" />
&nbsp;
Adaptation and Evolution:
WagMedia continuously adapts to the needs of the ecosystem and paradigm shifts of the general crypto landscape, refining its approach in each treasury request. Starting as a simple tipping mechanism for content and translations on Discord, WagMedia now focuses solely on quality and impact over quantity, nurturing content creators to become ecosystem agents and long time contributors to the ecosystem.
&nbsp;
What We Delivered in 5 months:
<ul>
<li>Content Bounties: On average, we opened 2 content bounties each week, totaling 41, +180 content written.</li>
<li>Retroactive Rewards: We retroactively rewarded the most impactful Polkadot content monthly, with a total of +30 payouts. Averaging $104.655 per article.</li>
<li>Weekly Newsletter: A comprehensive newsletter covering everything Polkadot, with 26 editions published so far.</li>
<li>Monthly Reports: We published +10 detailed reports on OpenGov, treasury, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/creator/TheOyster">DeFi</a>, and the broader ecosystem.</li>
<li>Website and X Account: We aggregate all content on <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/">our website</a> and leverage our <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag">X account</a> for media publishing, memes, and entertaining material. See: <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag/status/1793644584322371841">Gavliator</a> by Turingmachine, <a href="https://x.com/thatmediawag/status/1819697695847793061?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Polkadot: where you define the rules.</a></li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Impact: 
Many of the WAG creator&rsquo;s content have had significant reach, with notable pieces receiving between 20,000 and 120,000 views. These have been leveraged by Polkadot and its founders, parachain teams and their official accounts.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/EmilKietzman/status/1781085529611661512">A megathread about the future of Polkadot&ndash;JAM</a> by EmilKietzman: 115K views, 850 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama/status/1814660945634820109?s=46&amp;t=w6Lx2_7W6OffmtSBDHsQwA">Polkadot updates, changes, direction</a> by Pablo 56K views, 693 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbacix/status/1811811327268028798?s=46&amp;t=8OHoQS5WYvVJ6O_n5G4B0g">Decoded takes</a> by Gbaci: 40K views, 376 Likes</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fhswWQAxeGHTkfvyCD9Fq3KTCsZULJ-B7lZtWzorY20/edit?usp=sharing">Check out +30 written posts, among many, that stand as the main highlights from the past 5 months.</a>
&nbsp;
Our Hidden Contribution:
Many current ecosystem agents and initiative leaders began their journey with WagMedia, including:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/csaint02">Csaint</a>: Once a Kusamarian and WAG member, now a member of the Polkadot Editorial Board (EB).</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/GldnCalf">Jay</a> and <a href="https://x.com/BalanceBorn">Pnin</a>: Former WAG members, now Jay leading the Kusamarian and Pnin works for it.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Cris_Pap8"> Cris.pap</a>: Formerly with WAG, now founder of OGTracker.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/xcjeeper">Jeeper</a>: Former WAG contributor, now part of the DF-funded OpenGov.watch team.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/johnrhodelb">John Rhodel</a>: Formerly with WAG, now working on a Brazilian BD initiative funded through OpenGov.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/stakenode_dev">Jimmy Tudeski</a>: A Polkadot OG and validator who contributed to WAG for a while before taking a DV role.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbaciX">Gbaci</a>: Author of Polkadot Beginners, continues contributions through WAG.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_">Goku</a>: Started as a content creator, now a team member of WAG and the Polkadot EB.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama">Pablo</a>: Long-time WAG contributor and also contributor to Kusamarian.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16izZpBeoevWN5GE2YiasGIStlFh6LIrz_e0KMkkZpmM/edit?usp=sharing">And many more who have been either became ambassadors or team members of various ecosystem projects.</a>
&nbsp;
Our monthly audit reports for every expenditure: 
<ul>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 1: Through March 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 2: March 25 - April 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-3-recap-of-1st-half-and-april-25-may-24-1724706133077">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 3: Recap of 1st Half and April 25 - May 24 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-4-may-25-june-24-2024-1724706198565">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 4: May 25 - June 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-5-june-25-july-24-2024-1724709440241">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 5: June 25 - July 24, 2024 </a></li>
</ul>
<a href="https://thewagmedia.com/audit">WagMedia website</a> provides detailed content evaluation and reward audits. On-chain reward distributions can be found <a href="https://report.wagmedia.xyz/">here</a> (Treasury: DOT - OpenGov 365, and USDT - OpenGov 365).
&nbsp;
Our Goal: 
We aim to continue serving as a content creator hub, nurturing ecosystem agents, and incentivizing them to organically tell the stories of Polkadot. Our value loop:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/LCdpzWv/unnamed-1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" />
&nbsp;
Looking Forward: 
We aspire to evolve into a media hub that curates content from Polkadot creators, inspiring agnostic audiences everywhere. Our content will remain:
<ul>
<li>Entertaining</li>
<li>Witty</li>
<li>Approachable</li>
<li>Factual</li>
<li>Data-based</li>
<li>Authenticated</li>
</ul>
We are committed to enlarging the options for creators and teams to access content and retroactive tips, as well as enabling teams to open their own bounties. We have built a simple and minimal website to narrow down the steps to access WagMedia and plan to make it even more user-friendly in the next phase.
&nbsp;
One-Year Budget Request:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/xqkyWXs/unnamed-2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" />
&nbsp;
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">Brief budget info here</a>
For:
<ul>
<li>Continuation of all existing WagMedia services.</li>
<li>Upgrading the website to make it more accessible, becoming a one-click tip request hub for creators.</li>
<li>Sustaining growth on X, maintaining an educational and entertaining tone.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Was everything Pink? 
Nope. Challenges: WagMedia is primarily about creators, and it&rsquo;s deeply satisfying when a creator is nurtured well enough to step up and make their own impact beyond WAG within the ecosystem. This is the ideal scenario when there is a constant emergence of new creators. After all, our value grows when there is starfish-like growth. However, we&rsquo;ve noticed a stagnation in the number of new creators approaching Polkadot over the past year. Not just Polkadot, but also due to the prolonged market conditions and general sentiment changes in the crypto landscape. Still we adapt and keep on focusing on rewarding the best content rather than recycled or low-impact content, with tips ranging from $450 to $0.50.
Despite these challenges, during this period we have incentivized and kept prominent figures to write about Polkadot. We believe that if you see engaging, impactful content within the ecosystem, it&rsquo;s likely written by a WagMedia creator.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/ZBHbHWZ/unnamed-3.jpg" alt="" width="598" height="351" />
&nbsp;
You can read the full proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.
&nbsp;
Questions and feedback are welcome, and we look forward to hearing those.
<a href="https://discord.gg/Gzw7VVJ3">WagMedia Discord</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/thatMediaWag">WagMedia Twitter</a>

<h3 id="prologue">About us:</h3>
WagMedia is a content creation and media hub that has been nurturing and incentivizing storytellers within the Polkadot ecosystem since 2021. We connect the dots, taking ecosystem ideas, products, and solutions from &ldquo;So What?&rdquo; to &ldquo;Why Should People Care?&rdquo; through supporting and nurturing content creators and ecosystem agents.
&nbsp;
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/qMWpSgM/unnamed.jpg" alt="" width="577" height="433" />
&nbsp;
Adaptation and Evolution:
WagMedia continuously adapts to the needs of the ecosystem and paradigm shifts of the general crypto landscape, refining its approach in each treasury request. Starting as a simple tipping mechanism for content and translations on Discord, WagMedia now focuses solely on quality and impact over quantity, nurturing content creators to become ecosystem agents and long time contributors to the ecosystem.
&nbsp;
What We Delivered in 5 months:
<ul>
<li>Content Bounties: On average, we opened 2 content bounties each week, totaling 41, +180 content written.</li>
<li>Retroactive Rewards: We retroactively rewarded the most impactful Polkadot content monthly, with a total of +30 payouts. Averaging $104.655 per article.</li>
<li>Weekly Newsletter: A comprehensive newsletter covering everything Polkadot, with 26 editions published so far.</li>
<li>Monthly Reports: We published +10 detailed reports on OpenGov, treasury, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/creator/TheOyster">DeFi</a>, and the broader ecosystem.</li>
<li>Website and X Account: We aggregate all content on <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/">our website</a> and leverage our <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag">X account</a> for media publishing, memes, and entertaining material. See: <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag/status/1793644584322371841">Gavliator</a> by Turingmachine, <a href="https://x.com/thatmediawag/status/1819697695847793061?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Polkadot: where you define the rules.</a></li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Impact: 
Many of the WAG creator&rsquo;s content have had significant reach, with notable pieces receiving between 20,000 and 120,000 views. These have been leveraged by Polkadot and its founders, parachain teams and their official accounts.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/EmilKietzman/status/1781085529611661512">A megathread about the future of Polkadot&ndash;JAM</a> by EmilKietzman: 115K views, 850 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama/status/1814660945634820109?s=46&amp;t=w6Lx2_7W6OffmtSBDHsQwA">Polkadot updates, changes, direction</a> by Pablo 56K views, 693 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbacix/status/1811811327268028798?s=46&amp;t=8OHoQS5WYvVJ6O_n5G4B0g">Decoded takes</a> by Gbaci: 40K views, 376 Likes</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fhswWQAxeGHTkfvyCD9Fq3KTCsZULJ-B7lZtWzorY20/edit?usp=sharing">Check out +30 written posts, among many, that stand as the main highlights from the past 5 months.</a>
&nbsp;
Our Hidden Contribution:
Many current ecosystem agents and initiative leaders began their journey with WagMedia, including:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/csaint02">Csaint</a>: Once a Kusamarian and WAG member, now a member of the Polkadot Editorial Board (EB).</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/GldnCalf">Jay</a> and <a href="https://x.com/BalanceBorn">Pnin</a>: Former WAG members, now Jay leading the Kusamarian and Pnin works for it.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Cris_Pap8"> Cris.pap</a>: Formerly with WAG, now founder of OGTracker.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/xcjeeper">Jeeper</a>: Former WAG contributor, now part of the DF-funded OpenGov.watch team.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/johnrhodelb">John Rhodel</a>: Formerly with WAG, now working on a Brazilian BD initiative funded through OpenGov.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/stakenode_dev">Jimmy Tudeski</a>: A Polkadot OG and validator who contributed to WAG for a while before taking a DV role. Gbaci: Author of Polkadot Beginners, continues contributions through WAG.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_">Goku</a>: Started as a content creator, now a team member of WAG and the Polkadot EB.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama">Pablo</a>: Long-time WAG contributor and also contributor to Kusamarian.</li>
</ul>
And many more who have been either became ambassadors or team members of various ecosystem projects.
&nbsp;
Our monthly audit reports for every expenditure: 
<ul>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 1: Through March 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 2: March 25 - April 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-3-recap-of-1st-half-and-april-25-may-24-1724706133077">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 3: Recap of 1st Half and April 25 - May 24 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-4-may-25-june-24-2024-1724706198565">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 4: May 25 - June 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-5-june-25-july-24-2024-1724709440241">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 5: June 25 - July 24, 2024 </a></li>
</ul>
<a href="https://thewagmedia.com/audit">WagMedia website</a> provides detailed content evaluation and reward audits. On-chain reward distributions can be found <a href="https://report.wagmedia.xyz/">here</a> (Treasury: DOT - OpenGov 365, and USDT - OpenGov 365).
&nbsp;
Our Goal: 
We aim to continue serving as a content creator hub, nurturing ecosystem agents, and incentivizing them to organically tell the stories of Polkadot. Our value loop:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/LCdpzWv/unnamed-1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" />
&nbsp;
Looking Forward: 
We aspire to evolve into a media hub that curates content from Polkadot creators, inspiring agnostic audiences everywhere. Our content will remain:
<ul>
<li>Entertaining</li>
<li>Witty</li>
<li>Approachable</li>
<li>Factual</li>
<li>Data-based</li>
<li>Authenticated</li>
</ul>
We are committed to enlarging the options for creators and teams to access content and retroactive tips, as well as enabling teams to open their own bounties. We have built a simple and minimal website to narrow down the steps to access WagMedia and plan to make it even more user-friendly in the next phase.
&nbsp;
One-Year Budget Request:
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/xqkyWXs/unnamed-2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" />
&nbsp;
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">Brief budget info here</a>
For:
<ul>
<li>Continuation of all existing WagMedia services.</li>
<li>Upgrading the website to make it more accessible, becoming a one-click tip request hub for creators.</li>
<li>Sustaining growth on X, maintaining an educational and entertaining tone.</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
Was everything Pink? 
Nope. Challenges: WagMedia is primarily about creators, and it&rsquo;s deeply satisfying when a creator is nurtured well enough to step up and make their own impact beyond WAG within the ecosystem. This is the ideal scenario when there is a constant emergence of new creators. After all, our value grows when there is starfish-like growth. However, we&rsquo;ve noticed a stagnation in the number of new creators approaching Polkadot over the past year. Not just Polkadot, but also due to the prolonged market conditions and general sentiment changes in the crypto landscape. Still we adapt and keep on focusing on rewarding the best content rather than recycled or low-impact content, with tips ranging from $450 to $0.50.
Despite these challenges, during this period we have incentivized and kept prominent figures to write about Polkadot. We believe that if you see engaging, impactful content within the ecosystem, it&rsquo;s likely written by a WagMedia creator.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/ZBHbHWZ/unnamed-3.jpg" alt="" width="598" height="351" />
&nbsp;
You can read the full proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.
&nbsp;
Questions and feedback are welcome, and we look forward to hearing those.
<a href="https://discord.gg/Gzw7VVJ3">WagMedia Discord</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/thatMediaWag">WagMedia Twitter</a>

<h3 id="prologue">Prologue:</h3>
Beyond a few working products and use cases, most of crypto is still built on hypotheticals, future potential, and optimism. This makes the industry heavily reliant on storytelling. As a result, the best storytellers drive the narrative and have a greater impact in the crypto space.
Without fundamentals, builders and tinkerers, there is no substance to sell, and essentially the story and narrative have to be backed by tangible outcomes. However, how you sell and tell your story can differentiate the success, survival and failure of a project at this stage of crypto.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/9VT0NZg/unnamed.jpg" alt="" width="277" height="315" />
Additionally, being able to tell your story without reliance on biased media organizations is essential. Because if you are not the hottest thing in the landscape, you have to pay media organizations for generic and mediocre coverage. When official accounts and centralized media organizations constantly talk about the product, they are essentially just posting ads. And we don&rsquo;t like ads. Do you? How often do you not skip ads on YouTube or read ad posts on social media?
Today in the X crypto space, those <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1276418907968925696?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">who control memes</a>, entertain, and build narratives and stories determine the sentiment and the trends. Rather than following the protocol&rsquo;s account posts or media outlets, you read your favorite writer&rsquo;s takes and opinions.
So what are we going to do? Who will tell our story?
Outsourcing your story to some PR firm and paid media organizations will lead to generic, robotic ads. No one can tell your story better than the people who have skin and soul in the game.
But how do we incentivize, nurture, and coordinate the content production in such a way?
That&rsquo;s what WagMedia&rsquo;s value proposition for Polkadot: writing the stories of Polkadot by empowering content creators and nurturing ecosystem agents.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/9ZwQKm1/unnamed-1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" /><img src="https://example.com/your-image.png" alt="" />
If people understood your creation,
If they knew what you know,
If they felt your passion,
If they believed in your vision,
Would it be easier to build a community?
Since the most valuable asset in the blockchain space is your ability to convey your narrative and story, the biggest vulnerability lies in others' belief in that ability. WagMedia ensures the curation and nurturing of people to deliver these narratives and stories clearly and accurately.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/KKD0jJq/unnamed-2.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" />
Vulnerability occurs when your idea, product, and solution are executed vaguely and ambiguously, presented generically like an ad, leading to less impactful results. In WagMedia we try to connect these dots: taking the ideas, products, and solutions from SO WHAT to WHY SHOULD PEOPLE CARE. Content creators are nurtured with this goal and incentivized accordingly.
<h3 id="highlightsofthelast5months">Highlights of the last 5 months:</h3>
| | | | | |
Rest can be found in the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">full proposal document</a>.
Contribution to Create Ecosystem Assets:
WM has successfully cultivated <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16izZpBeoevWN5GE2YiasGIStlFh6LIrz_e0KMkkZpmM/edit?usp=sharing">25+ qualified content creators</a> through its bounty-run programs. Explore our success stories featuring individuals who have been recruited by Parachain teams, assumed roles as Ambassadors for both Polkadot and Parachain teams, or have established their own brands.
<h3 id="reportinggrowth">Reporting Growth</h3>
Our X strategy:
Despite the challenging landscape, low engagement metrics on crypto topics, a shift in the communities marked by prominent figures leaving, the fundamentals of web3 have lost traction to memes and casino-like &lsquo;&rsquo;How to make the easiest money&rsquo;&rsquo; topics. However, WM has still managed to grow by adapting to the landscape strategically. The WM X account has been doing well in terms of engagement and has shown strong and organic growth. The month of May had the best results, with over 240K views and over 12K engagements. Many have likely seen <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag/status/1793644584322371841">the Gavliator</a>!
After recognizing his technical knowledge and skills in memes and creative content, we decided to hire Turing Machine as the social media manager of the WAG account. We aim to experiment with shaping the account&rsquo;s style based on the tone of the famous &ldquo;intern.&rdquo;
As mentioned above, we believe the X crypto landscape and audience&rsquo;s profile and expectations on the platform have been shifting for over a year.
Sharing only project specs, highlighting updates, research, analysis, and news mostly loses its outreach. Apart from certain narratives like ETF, L2, ZK, and modular vs. integrated, the majority of people on X have an even shorter attention span than a year ago. They don&rsquo;t want to be preached to or read posts with the next &ldquo;exciting news,&rdquo; which they often perceive as ads. Instead, they enter the X space primarily for fun, memes, or to follow the takes of their favorite prominent KOLs.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/RpcZSYv/unnamed-3.jpg" alt="" width="639" height="172" />
The whole space now favors authenticity and personalization. People connect with accounts that can do both: educate without preaching, communicate with character and humor, interpret and compress the message and information to get it faster than if it were just words.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/mXH3gSz/unnamed-4.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="360" />
This requires creativity, but if done well, it can create a &ldquo;come for the fun, stay for the tech&rdquo; impact. Therefore, we&rsquo;ve been experimenting with the account, staying up to date with everything happening in Polkadot as well as general crypto, and making connections between them with memes, images together with educational materials. We can&rsquo;t claim we&rsquo;ve been 100% successful with all our executions, but at least we believe we&rsquo;ve set a tone that is approachable and followable from outside the Polkadot bubble. After the funding period ends, we plan to maintain a similar tone while adding further dynamics, such as WagMedia-curated deep dives, quotes that resonate with the ethos of Polkadot, posts about storytelling tips, infographics, and more&ndash;all delivered with our signature wit.
While the volume of content generated has decreased compared to the initial start of WM, the content now produced is more effective. WM does a good job in ensuring both Polkadot and Web3 ongoing narratives and trends are covered. Our approach with targeted content raises awareness, and improves upon the previous approach of allowing any content to be submitted, which resulted in less impactful and often recycled content.
Our assessment primarily focuses on impact = value. We evaluate the rewards and educate the writer community with the principle: &ldquo;It is not enough to write, it is necessary to be read.&rdquo; We nurture writers to be more resilient, antifragile&mdash;adaptive, and impactful.
We incentivize creators who deliver both quality and outreach with high rewards, while disincentivizing those who merely try to farm rewards by recycling existing material from elsewhere with low reach, by awarding them the minimum or zero.
Of course, for smaller accounts, maximizing outreach is challenging. We don&rsquo;t ignore this; instead, we motivate them to participate in bounties&mdash;36 so far&mdash;that are aligned with current narratives so they can ride the wave. If they show authenticity, they can catch attention and appreciation while delivering valuable content for the target project. Alternatively, they can focus on underrated areas not yet funneled into the community, providing value that allows them to find their niche.
So far, we&rsquo;ve seen success with several creators who, despite having relatively small outreach, have consistently provided value to the community with tl;drs, recaps, tutorials and dogfooding.
As covered in the nurturing talent section above, we have seen strong improvement with some of our creators. The embedded links to the WM newsletter stories provide good examples of their work. The content produced has started to gain more recognition as it addresses the latest narratives and current trends. Furthermore, the feedback provided has helped our creators grow.
Our revitalized WM newsletter and the Reporter initiatives have led to an increase of publications through X threads and X articles. As the WM X account continues to grow, we anticipate further recognition and growth in publications.
All of the growth that has been mentioned is covered in our periodic data reporting, expertly produced by Vampsy. Here&rsquo;s a link to the latest <a href="https://x.com/vampsyfear/status/1814799258479989203">WagMedia 2024 Data Report, Volume 4, which covers up to June 24th</a>. Along with the enhancement of the WM platform through our website <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/audit">audit page</a>, we are confident that we provide sufficient transparency and accountability, especially given the recent sentiment around Polkadot treasury spending.
Also everyone can follow <a href="https://app.ogtracker.io/mediumSpender/365?tab=progress">our progress report from OG Tracker</a>. Here is the tweet about that <a href="https://x.com/og_tracker/status/1806671574465962134">WagMedia delivered the Ref 365 by OG Tracker</a>.
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">The full proposal</a> explains the following points in depth and we encourage everyone to read the proposal for understanding the goals and achievements we want to accomplish via this proposal.
<ul>
<li>Problem Statements</li>
<li>Solutions</li>
<li>Consolidating the Way Forward, and The Team</li>
<li>How the content will be evaluated</li>
<li>Budgets</li>
<li>Progress Reporting and Data on Production</li>
<li>Payouts</li>
</ul>

Questions and feedback are welcome, and we look forward to hearing those.
<a href="https://discord.gg/Gzw7VVJ3">WagMedia Discord</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/thatMediaWag">WagMedia Twitter</a>

<h3 id="prologue">Prologue:</h3>
Beyond a few working products and use cases, most of crypto is still built on hypotheticals, future potential, and optimism. This makes the industry heavily reliant on storytelling. As a result, the best storytellers drive the narrative and have a greater impact in the crypto space.
Without fundamentals, builders and tinkerers, there is no substance to sell, and essentially the story and narrative have to be backed by tangible outcomes. However, how you sell and tell your story can differentiate the success, survival and failure of a project at this stage of crypto.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/9VT0NZg/unnamed.jpg" alt="" width="277" height="315" />
Additionally, being able to tell your story without reliance on biased media organizations is essential. Because if you are not the hottest thing in the landscape, you have to pay media organizations for generic and mediocre coverage. When official accounts and centralized media organizations constantly talk about the product, they are essentially just posting ads. And we don&rsquo;t like ads. Do you? How often do you not skip ads on YouTube or read ad posts on social media?
Today in the X crypto space, those <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1276418907968925696?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">who control memes</a>, entertain, and build narratives and stories determine the sentiment and the trends. Rather than following the protocol&rsquo;s account posts or media outlets, you read your favorite writer&rsquo;s takes and opinions.
So what are we going to do? Who will tell our story?
Outsourcing your story to some PR firm and paid media organizations will lead to generic, robotic ads. No one can tell your story better than the people who have skin and soul in the game.
But how do we incentivize, nurture, and coordinate the content production in such a way?
That&rsquo;s what WagMedia&rsquo;s value proposition for Polkadot: writing the stories of Polkadot by empowering content creators and nurturing ecosystem agents.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/9ZwQKm1/unnamed-1.jpg" alt="" width="1194" height="672" /><img src="https://example.com/your-image.png" alt="" />
If people understood your creation,
If they knew what you know,
If they felt your passion,
If they believed in your vision,
Would it be easier to build a community?
Since the most valuable asset in the blockchain space is your ability to convey your narrative and story, the biggest vulnerability lies in others' belief in that ability. WagMedia ensures the curation and nurturing of people to deliver these narratives and stories clearly and accurately.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/KKD0jJq/unnamed-2.jpg" alt="" width="577" height="433" />
Vulnerability occurs when your idea, product, and solution are executed vaguely and ambiguously, presented generically like an ad, leading to less impactful results. In WagMedia we try to connect these dots: taking the ideas, products, and solutions from SO WHAT to WHY SHOULD PEOPLE CARE. Content creators are nurtured with this goal and incentivized accordingly.
<h3 id="highlightsofthelast5months">Highlights of the last 5 months:</h3>
| | | | | |
Rest can be found in the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">full proposal document</a>.
Contribution to Create Ecosystem Assets:
WM has successfully cultivated <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16izZpBeoevWN5GE2YiasGIStlFh6LIrz_e0KMkkZpmM/edit?usp=sharing">25+ qualified content creators</a> through its bounty-run programs. Explore our success stories featuring individuals who have been recruited by Parachain teams, assumed roles as Ambassadors for both Polkadot and Parachain teams, or have established their own brands.
<h3 id="reportinggrowth">Reporting Growth</h3>
Our X strategy:
Despite the challenging landscape, low engagement metrics on crypto topics, a shift in the communities marked by prominent figures leaving, the fundamentals of web3 have lost traction to memes and casino-like &lsquo;&rsquo;How to make the easiest money&rsquo;&rsquo; topics. However, WM has still managed to grow by adapting to the landscape strategically. The WM X account has been doing well in terms of engagement and has shown strong and organic growth. The month of May had the best results, with over 240K views and over 12K engagements. Many have likely seen <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag/status/1793644584322371841">the Gavliator</a>!
After recognizing his technical knowledge and skills in memes and creative content, we decided to hire Turing Machine as the social media manager of the WAG account. We aim to experiment with shaping the account&rsquo;s style based on the tone of the famous &ldquo;intern.&rdquo;
As mentioned above, we believe the X crypto landscape and audience&rsquo;s profile and expectations on the platform have been shifting for over a year.
Sharing only project specs, highlighting updates, research, analysis, and news mostly loses its outreach. Apart from certain narratives like ETF, L2, ZK, and modular vs. integrated, the majority of people on X have an even shorter attention span than a year ago. They don&rsquo;t want to be preached to or read posts with the next &ldquo;exciting news,&rdquo; which they often perceive as ads. Instead, they enter the X space primarily for fun, memes, or to follow the takes of their favorite prominent KOLs.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/RpcZSYv/unnamed-3.jpg" alt="" width="1178" height="317" />
The whole space now favors authenticity and personalization. People connect with accounts that can do both: educate without preaching, communicate with character and humor, interpret and compress the message and information to get it faster than if it were just words.
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/mXH3gSz/unnamed-4.jpg" alt="" width="1164" height="655" />
This requires creativity, but if done well, it can create a &ldquo;come for the fun, stay for the tech&rdquo; impact. Therefore, we&rsquo;ve been experimenting with the account, staying up to date with everything happening in Polkadot as well as general crypto, and making connections between them with memes, images together with educational materials. We can&rsquo;t claim we&rsquo;ve been 100% successful with all our executions, but at least we believe we&rsquo;ve set a tone that is approachable and followable from outside the Polkadot bubble. After the funding period ends, we plan to maintain a similar tone while adding further dynamics, such as WagMedia-curated deep dives, quotes that resonate with the ethos of Polkadot, posts about storytelling tips, infographics, and more&ndash;all delivered with our signature wit.
While the volume of content generated has decreased compared to the initial start of WM, the content now produced is more effective. WM does a good job in ensuring both Polkadot and Web3 ongoing narratives and trends are covered. Our approach with targeted content raises awareness, and improves upon the previous approach of allowing any content to be submitted, which resulted in less impactful and often recycled content.
Our assessment primarily focuses on impact = value. We evaluate the rewards and educate the writer community with the principle: &ldquo;It is not enough to write, it is necessary to be read.&rdquo; We nurture writers to be more resilient, antifragile&mdash;adaptive, and impactful.
We incentivize creators who deliver both quality and outreach with high rewards, while disincentivizing those who merely try to farm rewards by recycling existing material from elsewhere with low reach, by awarding them the minimum or zero.
Of course, for smaller accounts, maximizing outreach is challenging. We don&rsquo;t ignore this; instead, we motivate them to participate in bounties&mdash;36 so far&mdash;that are aligned with current narratives so they can ride the wave. If they show authenticity, they can catch attention and appreciation while delivering valuable content for the target project. Alternatively, they can focus on underrated areas not yet funneled into the community, providing value that allows them to find their niche.
So far, we&rsquo;ve seen success with several creators who, despite having relatively small outreach, have consistently provided value to the community with tl;drs, recaps, tutorials and dogfooding.
As covered in the nurturing talent section above, we have seen strong improvement with some of our creators. The embedded links to the WM newsletter stories provide good examples of their work. The content produced has started to gain more recognition as it addresses the latest narratives and current trends. Furthermore, the feedback provided has helped our creators grow.
Our revitalized WM newsletter and the Reporter initiatives have led to an increase of publications through X threads and X articles. As the WM X account continues to grow, we anticipate further recognition and growth in publications.
All of the growth that has been mentioned is covered in our periodic data reporting, expertly produced by Vampsy. Here&rsquo;s a link to the latest <a href="https://x.com/vampsyfear/status/1814799258479989203">WagMedia 2024 Data Report, Volume 4, which covers up to June 24th</a>. Along with the enhancement of the WM platform through our website <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/audit">audit page</a>, we are confident that we provide sufficient transparency and accountability, especially given the recent sentiment around Polkadot treasury spending.
Also everyone can follow <a href="https://app.ogtracker.io/mediumSpender/365?tab=progress">our progress report from OG Tracker</a>. Here is the tweet about that <a href="https://x.com/og_tracker/status/1806671574465962134">WagMedia delivered the Ref 365 by OG Tracker</a>.
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">The full proposal</a> explains the following points in depth and we encourage everyone to read the proposal for understanding the goals and achievements we want to accomplish via this proposal.
<ul>
<li>Problem Statements</li>
<li>Solutions</li>
<li>Consolidating the Way Forward, and The Team</li>
<li>How the content will be evaluated</li>
<li>Budgets</li>
<li>Progress Reporting and Data on Production</li>
<li>Payouts</li>
</ul>

Questions and feedback are welcome, and we look forward to hearing those.
<a href="https://discord.gg/Gzw7VVJ3">WagMedia Discord</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/thatMediaWag">WagMedia Twitter</a>

### Prologue:

Beyond a few working products and use cases, most of crypto is still built on hypotheticals, future potential, and optimism. This makes the industry heavily reliant on storytelling. As a result, the best storytellers drive the narrative and have a greater impact in the crypto space.

Without fundamentals, builders and tinkerers, there is no substance to sell, and essentially the story and narrative have to be backed by tangible outcomes. However, how you sell and tell your story can differentiate the success, survival and failure of a project at this stage of crypto.

![](<https://i.ibb.co/9VT0NZg/unnamed.jpg> =277x315)

Additionally, being able to tell your story without reliance on biased media organizations is essential. Because if you are not the hottest thing in the landscape, you have to pay media organizations for generic and mediocre coverage. When official accounts and centralized media organizations constantly talk about the product, they are essentially just posting ads. And we don’t like ads. Do you? How often do you not skip ads on YouTube or read ad posts on social media?

Today in the X crypto space, those [who control memes](<https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1276418907968925696?s=61&t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg>), entertain, and build narratives and stories determine the sentiment and the trends. Rather than following the protocol’s account posts or media outlets, you read your favorite writer’s takes and opinions.

So what are we going to do? Who will tell our story?

Outsourcing your story to some PR firm and paid media organizations will lead to generic, robotic ads. **No one can tell your story better than the people who have skin and soul in the game.**

But how do we incentivize, nurture, and coordinate the content production in such a way?

That’s what WagMedia’s value proposition for Polkadot: writing the stories of Polkadot by empowering content creators and nurturing ecosystem agents.

![](<https://i.ibb.co/9ZwQKm1/unnamed-1.jpg> =1194x672)![](<https://example.com/your-image.png>)

If people understood your creation,

If they knew what you know,

If they felt your passion,

If they believed in your vision,

Would it be easier to build a community?

Since the most valuable asset in the blockchain space is your ability to convey your narrative and story, the biggest vulnerability lies in others' belief in that ability. WagMedia ensures the curation and nurturing of people to deliver these narratives and stories clearly and accurately.

![](<https://i.ibb.co/KKD0jJq/unnamed-2.jpg> =577x433)

Vulnerability occurs when your idea, product, and solution are executed vaguely and ambiguously, presented generically like an ad, leading to less impactful results. In WagMedia we try to connect these dots: taking the ideas, products, and solutions from SO WHAT to WHY SHOULD PEOPLE CARE. Content creators are nurtured with this goal and incentivized accordingly.

### Highlights of the last 5 months:

| |
| |
| |



Rest can be found in the [full proposal document](<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing>).

**Contribution to Create Ecosystem Assets:**

WM has successfully cultivated **[25+ qualified content creators](<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16izZpBeoevWN5GE2YiasGIStlFh6LIrz_e0KMkkZpmM/edit?usp=sharing>)** through its bounty-run programs. Explore our success stories featuring individuals who have been recruited by Parachain teams, assumed roles as Ambassadors for both Polkadot and Parachain teams, or have established their own brands.

### Reporting Growth

**Our X strategy:**

Despite the challenging landscape, low engagement metrics on crypto topics, a shift in the communities marked by prominent figures leaving, the fundamentals of web3 have lost traction to memes and casino-like ‘’How to make the easiest money’’ topics. However, WM has still managed to grow by adapting to the landscape strategically. The WM X account has been doing well in terms of engagement and has shown strong and organic growth. The month of May had the best results, with over 240K views and over 12K engagements. Many have likely seen [**the Gavliator**](<https://x.com/thatMediaWag/status/1793644584322371841>)!

After recognizing his technical knowledge and skills in memes and creative content, we decided to hire Turing Machine as the social media manager of the WAG account. We aim to experiment with shaping the account’s style based on the tone of the famous “intern.”

As mentioned above, we believe the X crypto landscape and audience’s profile and expectations on the platform have been shifting for over a year.

Sharing only project specs, highlighting updates, research, analysis, and news mostly loses its outreach. Apart from certain narratives like ETF, L2, ZK, and modular vs. integrated, the majority of people on X have an even shorter attention span than a year ago. They don’t want to be preached to or read posts with the next “exciting news,” which they often perceive as ads. Instead, they enter the X space primarily for fun, memes, or to follow the takes of their favorite prominent KOLs.



![](<https://i.ibb.co/RpcZSYv/unnamed-3.jpg> =1178x317)



The whole space now favors authenticity and personalization. People connect with accounts that can do both: educate without preaching, communicate with character and humor, interpret and compress the message and information to get it faster than if it were just words.



![](<https://i.ibb.co/mXH3gSz/unnamed-4.jpg> =1164x655)



This requires creativity, but if done well, it can create a “come for the fun, stay for the tech” impact. Therefore, we’ve been experimenting with the account, staying up to date with everything happening in Polkadot as well as general crypto, and making connections between them with memes, images together with educational materials. We can’t claim we’ve been 100% successful with all our executions, but at least we believe we’ve set a tone that is approachable and followable from outside the Polkadot bubble. After the funding period ends, we plan to maintain a similar tone while adding further dynamics, such as WagMedia-curated deep dives, quotes that resonate with the ethos of Polkadot, posts about storytelling tips, infographics, and more–all delivered with our signature wit.

While the volume of content generated has decreased compared to the initial start of WM, the content now produced is more effective. WM does a good job in ensuring both Polkadot and Web3 ongoing narratives and trends are covered. Our approach with targeted content raises awareness, and improves upon the previous approach of allowing any content to be submitted, which resulted in less impactful and often recycled content.

Our assessment primarily focuses on impact = value. We evaluate the rewards and educate the writer community with the principle: “It is not enough to write, it is necessary to be read.” We nurture writers to be more resilient, antifragile—adaptive, and impactful.

We incentivize creators who deliver both quality and outreach with high rewards, while disincentivizing those who merely try to farm rewards by recycling existing material from elsewhere with low reach, by awarding them the minimum or zero.

Of course, for smaller accounts, maximizing outreach is challenging. We don’t ignore this; instead, we motivate them to participate in bounties—36 so far—that are aligned with current narratives so they can ride the wave. If they show authenticity, they can catch attention and appreciation while delivering valuable content for the target project. Alternatively, they can focus on underrated areas not yet funneled into the community, providing value that allows them to find their niche.

So far, we’ve seen success with several creators who, despite having relatively small outreach, have consistently provided value to the community with tl;drs, recaps, tutorials and dogfooding.

As covered in the nurturing talent section above, we have seen strong improvement with some of our creators. The embedded links to the WM newsletter stories provide good examples of their work. The content produced has started to gain more recognition as it addresses the latest narratives and current trends. Furthermore, the feedback provided has helped our creators grow.

Our revitalized WM newsletter and the Reporter initiatives have led to an increase of publications through X threads and X articles. As the WM X account continues to grow, we anticipate further recognition and growth in publications.

All of the growth that has been mentioned is covered in our periodic data reporting, expertly produced by Vampsy. Here’s a link to the latest [WagMedia 2024 Data Report, Volume 4, which covers up to June 24th](<https://x.com/vampsyfear/status/1814799258479989203>). Along with the enhancement of the WM platform through our website [audit page](<https://thewagmedia.com/audit>), we are confident that we provide sufficient transparency and accountability, especially given the recent sentiment around Polkadot treasury spending.

Also everyone can follow [our progress report from OG Tracker](<https://app.ogtracker.io/mediumSpender/365?tab=progress>). Here is the tweet about that [WagMedia delivered the Ref 365 by OG Tracker](<https://x.com/og_tracker/status/1806671574465962134>).



[The full proposal](<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing>) explains the following points in depth and we encourage everyone to read the proposal for understanding the goals and achievements we want to accomplish via this proposal.

- Problem Statements
- Solutions
- Consolidating the Way Forward, and The Team
- How the content will be evaluated
- Budgets
- Progress Reporting and Data on Production
- Payouts





Questions and feedback are welcome, and we look forward to hearing those.

[WagMedia Discord](<https://discord.gg/Gzw7VVJ3>)

[WagMedia Twitter](<https://twitter.com/thatMediaWag>)

About us:
WagMedia is a content creation and media hub that has been nurturing and incentivizing storytellers within the Polkadot ecosystem since 2021. We connect the dots, taking ecosystem ideas, products, and solutions from &ldquo;So What?&rdquo; to &ldquo;Why Should People Care?&rdquo; through supporting and nurturing content creators and ecosystem agents.
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Adaptation and Evolution:
WagMedia continuously adapts to the needs of the ecosystem and paradigm shifts of the general crypto landscape, refining its approach in each treasury request. Starting as a simple tipping mechanism for content and translations on Discord, WagMedia now focuses solely on quality and impact over quantity, nurturing content creators to become ecosystem agents and long time contributors to the ecosystem.
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What We Delivered in 5 months:
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<li>Weekly Newsletter:&nbsp;&nbsp;A comprehensive <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/newsletter">newsletter</a> with 26 published editions, featuring stories thats showcase WM content generation and rise awareness about the polkadot ecosystem. A selection of featured stories that raise awareness&nbsp; include: <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dots-etf-ectively-on-the-way-1716850613205">The Moonbeam way</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/bring-on-dot-liquidity-1718732892138">Time for Hydration</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-way-forward-1722290276913">DOTcentralized funding (Polimec)</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/ready-steady-dot-1723067397681">Ready for Awesome Ajuna</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-wud-it-take-august-4th-to-august-10th-1723589173211">Wud is going on (WUD)</a>, and <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/reporting-about-dot-1715117127497">the LAOS Report</a>.</li>
<li>Content Bounties: On average, we opened 2 content bounties each week, totaling 41, +180 content written. Notable content from our bounties, featured in stories from our newsletter, includes The <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/dot-is-ded-eggshilarating-1712494918000">Bounty-Hive</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/a-dot-2-back-1715796015841">Backing Content</a>, <a href="https://wagmediaweekly.substack.com/p/define-dot-and-make-changes-june">Define DOT Content</a>, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/kolkadot-1720525494690">Wag Content</a>, and <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/ah-defining-dot-1724256292070">Gud Content</a></li>
<li>Retroactive Rewards: We retroactively rewarded the most impactful Polkadot content monthly, with a total of +30 payouts. Averaging $104.655 per post. Check out the featured story from our newsletter about retroactive content here.</li>
<li>Website and X Account: We aggregate all content on <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/">our website</a> and leverage our <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag">X account</a> for media publishing, memes, and entertaining material. See: <a href="https://x.com/thatMediaWag/status/1793644584322371841">Gavliator</a> by Turingmachine, <a href="https://x.com/thatmediawag/status/1819697695847793061?s=61&amp;t=1RpmaG7bX9D08YhEvaIbwg">Polkadot: where you define the rules.</a> Our X account also publishes threads and x articles derived from the news and featured stories in our newsletter.</li>
<li>Monthly Reports:&nbsp;We published +10 detailed reports on OpenGov, treasury, <a href="https://thewagmedia.com/creator/TheOyster">DeFi</a>, and the broader ecosystem.</li>
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Impact: 
Many of the WAG creator&rsquo;s content have had significant reach, with notable pieces receiving between 20,000 and 120,000 views. These have been leveraged by Polkadot and its founders, parachain teams and their official accounts.
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<li><a href="https://x.com/EmilKietzman/status/1781085529611661512">A megathread about the future of Polkadot&ndash;JAM</a> by EmilKietzman: 115K views, 850 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama/status/1814660945634820109?s=46&amp;t=w6Lx2_7W6OffmtSBDHsQwA">Polkadot updates, changes, direction</a> by Pablo 56K views, 693 Likes</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbacix/status/1811811327268028798?s=46&amp;t=8OHoQS5WYvVJ6O_n5G4B0g">Decoded takes</a> by Gbaci: 40K views, 376 Likes</li>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fhswWQAxeGHTkfvyCD9Fq3KTCsZULJ-B7lZtWzorY20/edit?usp=sharing">Check out +30 written posts, among many, that stand as the main highlights from the past 5 months.</a>
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Our Hidden Contribution:
Many current ecosystem agents and initiative leaders began their journey with WagMedia, including:
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<li><a href="https://x.com/csaint02">Csaint</a>: Once a Kusamarian and WAG member, now a member of the Polkadot Editorial Board (EB).</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/GldnCalf">Jay</a> and <a href="https://x.com/BalanceBorn">Pnin</a>: Former WAG members, now Jay leading the Kusamarian and Pnin works for it.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Cris_Pap8"> Cris.pap</a>: Formerly with WAG, now founder of OGTracker.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/xcjeeper">Jeeper</a>: Former WAG contributor, now part of the DF-funded OpenGov.watch team.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/johnrhodelb">John Rhodel</a>: Formerly with WAG, now working on a Brazilian BD initiative funded through OpenGov.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/stakenode_dev">Jimmy Tudeski</a>: A Polkadot OG and validator who contributed to WAG for a while before taking a DV role.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/gbaciX">Gbaci</a>: Author of Polkadot Beginners, continues contributions through WAG.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/0xgoku_">Goku</a>: Started as a content creator, now a team member of WAG and the Polkadot EB.</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/mrkusama">Pablo</a>: Long-time WAG contributor and also contributor to Kusamarian.</li>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16izZpBeoevWN5GE2YiasGIStlFh6LIrz_e0KMkkZpmM/edit?usp=sharing">And many more who have been either became ambassadors or team members of various ecosystem projects.</a>
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Our monthly audit reports for every expenditure: 
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<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-1-through-march-24-2024-1724705852585">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 1: Through March 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-2-march-25-april-24-2024-1724706015764">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 2: March 25 - April 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-3-recap-of-1st-half-and-april-25-may-24-1724706133077">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 3: Recap of 1st Half and April 25 - May 24 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-4-may-25-june-24-2024-1724706198565">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 4: May 25 - June 24, 2024 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://thewagmedia.com/post/wagmedia-2024-data-report-volume-5-june-25-july-24-2024-1724709440241">WagMedia 2024 Data Report Volume 5: June 25 - July 24, 2024 </a></li>
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<a href="https://thewagmedia.com/audit">WagMedia website</a> provides detailed content evaluation and reward audits. On-chain reward distributions can be found <a href="https://report.wagmedia.xyz/">here</a> (Treasury: DOT - OpenGov 365, and USDT - OpenGov 365).
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Our Goal: 
We aim to continue serving as a content creator hub, nurturing ecosystem agents, and incentivizing them to organically tell the stories of Polkadot. Our value loop:
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Looking Forward: 
We aspire to evolve into a media hub that curates content from Polkadot creators, inspiring agnostic audiences everywhere. Our content will remain:
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<li>Entertaining</li>
<li>Witty</li>
<li>Approachable</li>
<li>Factual</li>
<li>Data-based</li>
<li>Authenticated</li>
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We are committed to enlarging the options for creators and teams to access content and retroactive tips, as well as enabling teams to open their own bounties. We have built a simple and minimal website to narrow down the steps to access WagMedia and plan to make it even more user-friendly in the next phase.
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One-Year Budget Request:
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">Brief budget info here</a>
For:
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<li>Continuation of all existing WagMedia services.</li>
<li>Upgrading the website to make it more accessible, becoming a one-click tip request hub for creators.</li>
<li>Sustaining growth on X, maintaining an educational and entertaining tone.</li>
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Was everything Pink? 
Nope. Challenges: WagMedia is primarily about creators, and it&rsquo;s deeply satisfying when a creator is nurtured well enough to step up and make their own impact beyond WAG within the ecosystem. This is the ideal scenario when there is a constant emergence of new creators. After all, our value grows when there is starfish-like growth. However, we&rsquo;ve noticed a stagnation in the number of new creators approaching Polkadot over the past year. Not just Polkadot, but also due to the prolonged market conditions and general sentiment changes in the crypto landscape. Still we adapt and keep on focusing on rewarding the best content rather than recycled or low-impact content, with tips ranging from $450 to $0.50.
Despite these challenges, during this period we have incentivized and kept prominent figures to write about Polkadot. We believe that if you see engaging, impactful content within the ecosystem, it&rsquo;s likely written by a WagMedia creator.
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You can read the full proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJQ08XU9rfuMJQsoZgU_HqcvxvbJPj9dlFoWixC7HTk/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.
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Questions and feedback are welcome, and we look forward to hearing those.
<a href="https://discord.gg/jPqAEb2X4H">WagMedia Discord</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/thatMediaWag">WagMedia Twitter</a>

- **Problem Statement:** Stagnation in new creators approaching Polkadot due to market conditions and sentiment changes.
- **Significance:** Focusing on rewarding impactful content creators over recycled or low-impact content.
- **Proposed Solution:** Continuation of WagMedia services, upgrading website for easier access, and sustaining growth on X.
- **Expected Outcomes:** Increased engagement and impactful content creation within the Polkadot ecosystem.

#2441 WagMedia - Collective Content Creation for 52 Weeks

No Active Proposals