Hey all. How’s everybody doing?

What an absolutely surreal experience.

Satori has now been live officially for 36 hours, and quite honestly the process has vastly exceeded our expectations. We cannot express the level of joy and validation that we’ve received over the past 2 days in being able to interact with you while we’re all riding on the back of our Mind-Reading Monkey Friend.

We know that there’s still so much coming, and we have absolutely no intention of resting on our laurels (other projects are already under way.) We did, however, share an absolutely delightful moment as a team earlier thinking of the emergency meetings that were called today because of us. I don’t know if there’s a direct translation in Ape Speak for schadenfreude, but whatever that word is, we were swimming in it today.

The team wanted to take a moment to review what’s happened, and give some additional clarification about our initial reveal.

We’re still collecting specific data about the impact of Satori's activation, and therefore I can’t offer quantifiable evidence to say that we know that there’s a difference made already. However, from the number of posts, comments, and messages we’ve received about people already noticing a difference have been hard to pass off as simple happenstance. The feel of the entire sub has changed, and you Apes deserve so much of the credit for that. We sincerely hope that the results of our labors will continue to support your trust in us.

I’d forward you all to the F.A.Q. section that was curated by u/Bradduck_Flyntmoore about Satori in today’s Jungle Beat by u/pinkcatsonacid. The majority of concerns have been covered there, and the dev team would like to extend a special thanks to u/Bradduck_Flyntmoore for curating that process on launch night. We weren’t sure what exactly to address in our original statement. Now that we’ve been able to gauge how our announcement has been received, two things have stood out that we feel need additional information and clarification.

At its core, Satori is an information gathering system designed to expedite the process of moderators identifying bad actors within the sub. While some of the steps have been automated through Reddit for ease of implementation, Satori by itself is incapable of acting autonomously. It merely “reads minds.” The decisions on how to enforce based on the information Satori provides lies firmly in the hands of the Mods. Satori, as a system, cannot moderate without the direct assistance of a real person making the choice to utilize its information. In the same way Mods are accountable based on the Mod Log, all information gifted by Satori is trackable and reversible as necessary. Nothing is being done without significant oversight by the established leadership structure of the sub.

Approved status only means that Satori has not detected known shill activities on your account. It is not an endorsement. It is not to be used like “trust me I'm an approved user.” It simply means that the specific account has yet to behave shilly. Do not associate it with an additional level of trust. Be just as skeptical as you have been to this point.

Satori has only started giving approved status. This process will take time. The list is very long and almost every single ape will be approved. Don't fucking go Star Bellied Sneeches on this. The order in which Approved status is being distributed has been completely arbitrary, aside from DFV after his first tweet yesterday. He got the special treatment. Mods will also be manually adding names to lists for Satori approval if they can spare the time, but everyone else will have to wait. Please do not harass the mods with requests as there is already a lot on their plate. This should not be a point of division, but rather unity. Citing Satori in ways that drive FUD into the community is a shill strategy, so call that shit out.

What does it mean to be Approved? Simple: you bypass the karma and age requirements. This means you do not need to karma farm in order to meet the new requirements. Actually, this should allow more Apes to participate while still protecting the sub overall.

Our time in the last months has been dedicated to preparing for launch, and we have not discussed what we will be doing with Satori afterwards in any significant detail. I would ask you all to consider this: every member of our development team holds shares in GameStop. We’re all in possession of the most valuable asset on the planet already. We like the stock. We’re aware that we’re currently fighting one of the most corrupt systems on the planet; one based on greed, exploitation, and discrimination. We know the lives they’ve ruined for their own gain. We have absolutely no intention of letting what we’ve created be utilized by established powers to continue to abuse and exploit others. We know what having this type of technology in the hands of common people can mean, and we want the legacy of Satori to be one that we can be proud of for the rest of our lives, and for the ape community to feel the same.

Finally, there’s been several posts I’ve personally commented on that have raised a very, very vital point. Satori is, by definition, a reactionary entity. It can only identify what it knows to be a threat. We’ve spent three months working to make sure it has a very clear understanding of what all the threats to this point have been, but there will be new tactics, new shills, and new threats, so we will continue to need your help. The more insight we have about what moves the shills are making, the better Satori is going to be at identifying them. Satori will guard our flanks, and this means Apes no longer have to worry about anything besides identifying new strategies in order to keep Satori primed and ready for anything. Stay vigilant, and report things that seem contrary to ideal or normal Ape behavior. Give Satori your energy - get it to power level 9000. Satori is a direct result of the collective efforts of Apes over the past four months, and it will continue to be powerful as long as we maintain it as such. In a way, it is our collective consciousness. We are Satori.

Buy. Hold. Vote. Fight.

T.L.D.R. What a fucking great day.

Hedgies are angry, confused, and fuk.

Satori is a powerful tool to be used by Mods, nothing more

Every member of r/superstonk will be Approved.

Approved status is not an endorsement.

Using Approved status to divide is shill behavior.

We will not allow Satori to be used to further oppress already oppressed populations.

Satori is as powerful as we make it.

Don’t get complacent.

This community rocks so fucking hard.

We. Are. Satori.

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