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title: Should we invest money in researching the community?

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title: Should we invest money in researching the community? 
description: I believe listening to community members is important for SharkDao’s success.
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# Should we invest money in researching the community? 

By DopaLisa



## Purpose

I believe listening to community members is important for SharkDao’s success. This proposal’s purpose is to discover fresh perspectives by paying Sharks to share their experience.


## Summary

SharkDao has been blessed with organic interest and support from new members. The specific purpose of this user research campaign is to discover why new Sharks are joining the DAO. This campaign needs funds for paying interviewees. These funds would allow SharkDao to investigate its source of momentum. The findings will offer the community information on how to improve and sustain its properity.  

## Details

* Each interviewee was compensated $50 USD worth of SHARK tokens (5000 tokens on average as calculated on SushiSwap). 
* 8-12 new Sharks will be interviewed.
* Total cost for twelve interviews is exactly 60,000 Shark Tokens in compensation and .0131 Eth in gas fees. 
* Proof of expenses: https://etherscan.io/address/0xF9AC85E91bCfdb5b8F3080d599416F0c659dD29b
* To ensure interviewee’s privacy, only the final findings will be released publicly.


## Pros

* SharkDao will discover its core value proposition.
* SharkDao will discover where it acquires new community members.
* There is a chance to discover opportunities that SharkDao may not be aware of.
* Provides insights that SharkDao contributors can act upon.

## Cons

* There is no guarantee the interviews will discover new insights.
* User research interviews can be misused or misinterpreted.
* DopaLisa can act in bad faith and twist results.

## Edits

September 21, 2021 - Updated the number of interviews from eight to twelve upon proposal feedback. Updated the projected costs to actual costs.