Looking at Issue 16: Gate Community Incentives Make Rewards Superficial; Ecosystem is the Core

Many people view the Gate community growth points lottery with the first reaction being the rewards themselves. But if you only focus on whether you win or not, you might overlook the true value of this mechanism. Issue 16 precisely demonstrates Gate's long-term approach to community ecosystem building.

Growth points are not just simple scores; they are a behavior recording system. Every interaction you have in the community is recorded into a long-term trajectory. This "accumulative and compoundable" design allows user behavior to be sustained, rather than just completing tasks and leaving.

From a content structure perspective, during Issue 16, there was a noticeable increase in market opinions, product experience posts, and activity analyses. This indicates that users have realized: high-quality content itself is part of the growth points, not just a forced effort to increase word count for the lottery.

For the platform, this kind of mechanism can effectively reduce the cold start costs for content. The community no longer relies solely on official output but forms a content cycle through spontaneous user creation. This is more vibrant than one-way information dissemination.

When the lottery entered Issue 16, the users who truly stayed are often no longer just there for rewards, but treat the Gate community as a fixed place for expression and communication. This transformation is a hallmark of a mature community.