The Email-Us link should point to a valid mailto: url. Since we want to use [email protected]

Background

As the testnets become ever more complicated, with more active roles and metrics worth tracking it's going to become impractical to keep that all on the main page. We will need to add new supporting information we are currently not presenting, such as links to specifications, all tutorials, goals for the release, explanation of branding, etc.

Proposal

For each testnet, let's have a single concise standalone URL, e.g. joystream.org/<testnet-name>, for each testnet. On the front page we have a standardised summary of the

• currently active network
• currently announced next network

each should link to the standalone page of the corresponding network.

Standalone page

Read more on network branding here

• Name of network
• Network logo: should be prominent
• Description of city: max 100 words
• Photo of map showing where city is located, with date.
• Goal for network: max 150 words
• Status: announced (blue?), live (green?), down (red?) or done (grey?)
• Milestones: a sequence of goals of major goals, and for each show completion status (achieved, not achieved)
• Unlocked Roles: list of new roles unlocked in this network
• Active Roles: list of all roles that are active on this network
• Button linking to specification: if there is no specification, or if it is not yet live, then this button should be greyed out.
• Button linking to release document: if its not live yet, then this button should be greyed out.

Beyond this, there is some conditionality in what is shown, depending on the status of the network.

1. announced
   There should be an expected launch date with very prominent count down clock

2. live
   Will vary from network to network, but the basic approach will be to have to separate out each subsystem, like the council or the storage system for example, of the platform into its own visual section, where that section shows relevant information and metrics for it, so for validators, it would for example show

• The number of active validators
• the number of pending validators
• The number of blocks produced
• The total amount of reward payments we have paid out

Ideally, no clicking required to consume the information.

3. down
   Show some large error message, max 40 words, we can specify, which explains why the network is done and what we are doing about it.

4. done
   Show large message saying that something like, The X network is no longer live

Currently active network section

Again, this is on the main page, and includes

• name of network
• logomark of network
• a short summary of live status metrics
• button linking to the standalone page
• button linking to the announcement blog post

Announced next network section

Again, this is on the main page.

• name of network
• logomark of network
• large countdown timer to release date
• clickable button linking to the standalone page

Contrasting Joystream governance system to comical, confusing, biased and nationalistic corp tech CEO testimony (zuck, sundar, etc.)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A6HEfG9xF4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuPABtlr-rM
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stXgn2iZAAY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbjC4uKXbvE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nSHiHO6QJI
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdZoxLaJtb0
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahhAdMOP48Y

The "Participate and Earn Monero" button on the homepage links to the out of date page here: https://blog.joystream.org/athens-incentives/

It should instead link to: https://blog.joystream.org/acropolis-incentives/

Explain the joystream token on mainnet.

Similar to https://brand.uber.com/ for example.

Could be to main testnet section on landing page and/or to the live state of the testnet page.

Something similar to this from the polkadot telemtry

Background

The joystream platform has two different kinds of tokens. In order to further clarify how the system will likely work at the launch of the main network, it would be a benefit to explain key aspects of both token types.

The platform token

Description: This is the main token on the platform, and it is called the JOY token. It is minted over time to pay anyone who contributes value to the system, such as validators, service providser and workers.

Purpose:

• Staking: Participants must stake some amount of this token to be able to participate on the platform in some operational role, for example in order to earn a reward. The staked funds may be slashed if the party misbehaves
• Governance:
• Payment: Value transfer, such as for transaction fees, memberships or accessing monetised content.

Allocation:

The initial allocaiton of this token in the main network launch is as given below.This means that when the system starts, the allocation of token will first look like this, but tokens will get minted on every block, which will dilute this set of stakeholders.

• 50% team+investors
• 20% early community members
• 30% unallocated.

Aquisition:

The only way to currently aquire the token is to participate on the platform when it is live.

Issuance schedule:

Unlike coins like Bitcoin, where there is a fixed inflatin schedule, the Joystream platform will mint and burn tokens according to rules an parameters which are subject to change. This, in combination with the low friction updating of the system rules, means that it is not possible to determine the token supply up front.

Creator tokens

Description:

Proposal

Lets create a new standalone page, called the "Token" page, accessible via the website navigation

Use illustration for joystream tokens from network state.

Fotter with legal disclaier

Currently roles page includes "see a tutorial" button for each active role, however they do not link to anything.

Joystream is misspelled on the second line. Didn't want to hold off publishing site to fix such a detail, but would be good to do before next update.
@marianorod

What to include?

• Core jsgenesis team members: short bio + illustration head shot. ?
• Key backers ?
• How could we try to include community more into this page? Key Tg, Github, Testnet contributors?

When you navigate to a section, e.g. using https://www.joystream.org/roles#Bandwidth-Provider, you get

However, it would be much better if you also caught the full title, like this

I may be misunderstanding, but isn't https://github.com/Joystream/jsgenesis-frontend actually the current Joystream website?

We need to first define goals for this, not clear.

This is a complex challenge, but it would be worth trying it again. There are many things we may want to communicate, and perhaps we must prioritize, or move something out. It could cover things like

1. What the project is trying to do.
2. The way the project will evolve and go live.
3. What you can do now, some how tying in the

• Memberships
• Platform Content Files
• Participation Payouts

For Acropolis

• Forum Posts
• Storage Providers (not really relevant before)

Ref #20:
We need a GDPR complaint yet smooth way of having people sign up for mailchimp lists targeting each role.
For the inactive roles, the current design looks like this:

For the active roles, it looks like this:

Inactive roles

1. As is the case for Active roles today, there should be a link to Rocket.Chat/Telegram (ask a question)
2. Remove the button saying “Send me a notification” (or at least make it non-clickable)
3. Either when someone clicks the email input field, or when someone starts typing, the field below should expand and show some extra information.
   a. A button to check, accompanied by
   b. A text field saying “Yes, I want to receive emails with updates on the status regarding the role.”
   c. Below this:
   We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices here.
   d. Finally, a button saying “Sign me up”. (Or make it clickable if the checkbox has been checked)
   
4. When the information is submitted, The whole field should be replaced by a text field (and maybe an illustration?) saying:

Subscription Confirmed

Your subscription to our mailing list of people interested in receiving information and updates about the role has been confirmed. Thank your for subscribing!
If you want to interact with us, or other people interested in this role, go to Telegram/RocketChat.
For questions about this list, contact [email protected]
Jsgenesis AS
C/O UMA Workspace
Stenersgata 8
0184 Oslo
Norway

Active roles

In addition to the current buttons, we would also like for users to be able to sign up for lists with news/updates. It should be the same process as for Inactive roles, but still clear that they can indeed take this role on testnet today.

Summary

Feel free to play around how to exactly arrange this, but the final site must have the features described here. As we are using mailchimp, we may need someone to do some work in there as well.

Participants in the stands need to be redone.