Recommendations

The platform gives you the tools; this is how we'd use them. Treat it as sane defaults, then tune to your community.

The first 72 hours after mint¶

Verify everyone. Pin the verify link, run a "get your role" push. A verified holder is reachable; an unverified one drifts.
Run one prediction pool. Ask something about your own collection ("floor at mint out?"). It's engagement that doubles as sentiment data.
Turn on the sales feed. Public sales create social proof in your own server on day one.

Weekly rhythm¶

Cadence	Play
Daily	Check-in points (`checkin`), so opening Discord is a habit.
2–3×/week	A giveaway or prediction pool tied to a real event.
Weekly	Leaderboard shout-out for top earners/stakers.
Seasonal	A limited trait drop or an upgrade phase.

Points economy¶

Reward what you want more of. Staking and referrals pay the most for a reason — they compound. Set your highest earn rates on the behaviors that grow the community, not the ones that just make noise.
Give points a sink. Points nobody can spend inflate into meaninglessness. The trait shop, raffles and merch are sinks — ship at least one early.
Don't over-award. Scarcity is what makes a leaderboard worth climbing.

Giveaways vs. predictions¶

Use giveaways for reach and rewarding presence (luck-based, low friction).
Use predictions when you want engagement with substance — holders think, commit, and you learn what they believe. Closest-wins pools especially reward your most invested members.

Roles & moderation¶

Give founders and head mods the initiator role so they run events in-channel with zero dashboard overhead.
Keep verification roles separate from perk roles.
Route claims/support through the native private-thread ticket — it keeps a paper trail without a third-party tool.

Tip

The single highest-leverage habit: close every loop. Every event you start gets resolved on record, every winner gets a claim path, every points balance has somewhere to go. Communities trust systems that finish what they start.