STEPN创始人:我们正在尽可能地找到一个折中方案

区块律动Publicado em 2022-06-02Última atualização em 2022-06-02

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在经历了社区恐慌、创始人与KOL争论等等一系列事件后,STEPN创始人Jerry在STEPN华语社区发布了公开信。

自STEPN 在社交媒体上发布《关于清查中国大陆帐户的公告》后,社区哗然。短短几天,这个曾经被认为是Web3 应用的龙头口碑开始急转直下。在经历了社区恐慌、创始人与KOL争论等等一系列事件后,创始人Jerry在STEPN华语社区发布了公开信,反省自己,也强调了正在尽可能地找到这种方案。

以下为这封公开信的全部内容:

大家好,我是 Jerry。

我话不多,但是憋了几天,辗转难眠,起来给大家写点心里话。

首先想先跟一直喜爱我们产品的用户郑重的说一声谢谢。谢谢你们在各种舆论的风口浪尖还依然愿意支持我们、和我们站在一起。我知道我个人在一些场合说过的一些话,虽然本意只是针对少部分的『坏』人,却没能照顾到这些绝大多数拥护我们产品的兄弟姐妹们,为此,我这些天一直在反省,并回顾我们一路走来的路。

我们从 Discord 建立的第一天起,就一直坚持直面社区用户、媒体,并没有采用 PR 公关公司,这种做法把我们推到了聚光灯下。前些日子,Yawn 和我都经受了巨大的压力。[清退] 公告发布后面对的不只是用户的质疑、愤怒,里面还掺杂许多不怀好意者的造谣、诽谤、威胁,我们疲于奔命,焦头烂额,却没有第一时间来社区跟大家坦诚面对交流,对此我们深刻反思。未来我会在产品开发之余多留一些时间跟大家坦诚交流,我还会心直口快,Yawn 还会大嘴巴(一不小心就在 AMA 里面把最新开发的进展说漏嘴了),我们还是我们,但我们会成长,并且不会退缩。

我深知我们能走到今天,主要是因为我们幸运,幸运地有了从最开始就站在我们身后支持 STEPN 的你们,幸运地得到了你们耐心的反馈和建议,幸运地获得了你们的宽容和谅解。

作为 co-founder,我却更喜欢另一个身份,就是产品经理。9 个月前的一纸线稿,发展到今天成为改变百万人生活习惯现象级 app,这是我最自豪之所在。我们看到简单的运动链接了寡言的夫妻情侣,链接了疏远的父母与子女,链接了宅男与阳光,链接了你与家周边的风景,链接了无数的小群体,并帮助大家建立了长期运动的习惯,也点燃了一群年轻人冲进 web3 创业的梦想,这是对我工作最大的认可,让我感动,也是我们每天坚持 18 小时工作的最大动力。

我是一个理科生,也是一名感性的产品经理,情感崩溃总在一瞬间。当我收到三百多用户帮我众筹了一双蓝鞋作为生日礼物时,我是崩溃的。好多小伙伴来推特留言,说众筹没来得及参与,但是愿意一直陪着 STEPN 成长时,我是崩溃的。当迫于形势发出 [清退] 的那一瞬间,想到大家的热情,Yawn 和我,都是彻底崩溃的。耗费了无数心神、心血与精力做的产品,不能给大家用,我是最痛苦那一个。

发布 [清退] 公告之前,我们团队内部进行了非常激烈的讨论,分析了所有的可能和解决方案,最终做出了艰难的决定。此前,我们一直面对着一个必须面对的困境:如何努力做到符合监管要求的同时,尽可能的减少对已有用户的伤害。虽然我们从未主动在任何中国大陆的渠道提供过下载,但不可否认仍然有很多愿意给我们机会尝试一下我们产品的用户们,用其他的方式找到了 STEPN。相逢即是缘,我们非常感激你们的信任与支持。

然而就在我们寻求一个折中办法的同时,一些社交渠道上极其严重的造谣、诽谤和威胁让我们不得不提早面对选择。事关整个产品的存亡,考虑到所有用户的利益,我们别无选择。我知道这个声明发出以后,客观上的确伤害了很多中国大陆同胞的感情,但我们会持续探索在合规监管框架下拓展部分业务的可能,因此我们也在非常积极地探索一些有可能的解决方案。不断迭代产品,努力走难而正确的路。简而言之,我们正在尽可能的找到一个折中的方案,让每天因为有了 STEPN 愿意出去和家人朋友走一走、获得快乐与健康和一点点激励的用户们,能够用另一种方式延续他们喜欢的生活方式。我不确定这条路能否走通,我不确定我们能走多远,但必须得冲!

我看到有社交媒体早期称我们 [华人之光],我感激这样的褒扬,但随着大盘走低、[清退] 公告的发布,我们又身陷泥淖,丢了光环。但今天我想厚着脸皮接下这四个大字,我希望可以发扬 [华人之光] 的精神,接下重托和期望,用产品走到全世界,我们也号召最勤奋的中国创业者们一起加入到 web3 的新世界,一起把 [华人之光] 带到每一个角落,带到下一个时代!

最后,我想说,在 web3,用户的资产永远属于用户,您可以选择将它出售,也可以选择保留,未来在您远行旅游或工作时,期待可以穿着 STEPN 跑鞋一起团聚!

我和兄弟姐妹们相识于微时,初时也经历过无数的冷脸,因此更珍惜大家的不嫌弃,也希望今后还有各种方式能继续陪大家在这个社区里走下去。

Jerry

于悉尼 2022 年 6 月 1 日 凌晨

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