Fellow economobaddonians,

Our great revolution against the tyranny of zoning is well underway.

Together we have undertaken a considerable effort, and substantial reforms are already being implemented: zoning reform, gorbachev's rule, shitpost purging. After a long period of neglect, for which we are still paying the price, we have been able to consolidate the quality of our discussions thanks to each and every one of you. We have thus recreated the conditions for subreddit growth. These policies are beginning to produce results, but they are not enough. This is therefore not the time to take a break. Our economy, our businesses, employment cannot wait. On the contrary, we must now go further along the path of change. Political action must be stepped up over the next months. To succeed, /r/badeconomics needs new impetus. This impetus can only be given by the clearly expressed support of the people.

We, at the committee for public safety, are growing concerned by the lack of new RIs on the subreddit. Together, we must encourage, more strongly than we do, the RI initiatives and quality content that make up the core of our subreddit. We must change the behaviors that are barriers to the debunking of bad economics. Short, fast-paced RIs have for a while been abandoned for the sake of long posts, which disincentivizes newcomers and undergrads to post content. We need to reorient our strategy to send a clear message: short, evidence-grounded RIs will always be welcome in our subreddit. Or, in other words: RI early, RI often.

This is why, after consultation with the general secretary of the committee and the general deputy of the revolutionary coup, I have decided to implement a temporary RI incentive system. Each week starting from September 21th and until the end of the program (TBD), we will award gold to three randomly-chosen sufficient RIs per week.

This scheme is structured to incentivize a consistent flow of sufficient RIs, not to act as a competition — hence, the choice of a lottery system. We will try out this system in the following weeks, feel free to ask any questions or remarks in the comments of this thread.

As a reminder, our criteria for sufficient RIs are spelled out in the wiki: https://www.reddit.com/r/badeconomics/wiki/rule_i