#治理投票 Recently, the Sybil filtering mechanism of Lighter has been trending everywhere. I heard that the founder Novakovski responded on Twitter Space, so I looked into the details... This time I finally understood that there are so many considerations behind "governance voting" 😅

In simple terms: Lighter has set up an appeal channel to prevent unfair algorithms, but surprisingly few people use it? My first reaction was—this is a good thing, indicating that the filtering is fairly fair? But I also find it a bit strange—why not directly disclose the algorithm details so everyone can have a clear understanding?

Later, I understood the team's reasoning: if they disclose it, it’s easy for people to exploit loopholes to optimize and evade, which would disable the Sybil protection. It’s indeed a tricky situation—balancing transparency VS security.

The most interesting part is that they emphasize tokens as the core, where all stakeholders (early users, the team, investors) have their interests bound through tokens, without separating equity and token systems. It’s like they’re saying: we are truly on the same boat.

Although it still sounds a bit complex, this design approach seems to aim for making governance voting fairer. I want to ask everyone—what are your thoughts on this appeal mechanism?