Back to collectionAt $0.095, Moderation Meets the Fear of Zero
Over the weekend, the chat was still absorbing the Bybit theft and XAI’s fall below ten cents. XAI stood at $0.095, and messages declaring it headed for zero flooded the chat. The mutes stopped the immediate flood, but not the resentment born of losses.
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Over the weekend, the chat was still absorbing the Bybit theft and XAI’s fall below ten cents. As a longtime community member, the Night Watchman had to leave room for anger and questions while keeping a single slogan from drowning out people waiting for voting news.
XAI stood at $0.095, and messages declaring it headed for zero flooded the chat. The Night Watchman muted two people. Some thought he was suppressing bad news; others complained that repeated slogans had made specific questions impossible to see. He did not defend the price. Instead, he asked people to state their concerns clearly so questions about the voting time, eligibility, and asset safety could be answered separately.
The mutes stopped the immediate flood, but not the resentment born of losses. The Night Watchman planned to see whether discussion recovered, then gather the unanswered voting questions for the moderators. If the group was left with only slogans and silence, it could not tell whether people opposed the proposal or feared another fall.