Very serious.
John Underwood of
Identabit.com wanted to give some of his new shares to the people in the BitShares community that were most helpful. (For the pragmatic reason he wanted to attract the same kind of supporters for his new coin.)
I pointed out to him that the holders of Brownie.PTS "thank you Notes" from Dan were exactly that - people Dan had thanked for doing something positive in the BitShares community.
John loved it.
It was like a mailing list of Who's Who in the BitShares Volunteer Corps. Other mailing lists are certainly possible but Dan was the only one who took the time to make one, so naturally, that was the one John chose to use.
John, of course, sharedropped 20% of his initial distribution to ALL holders of BitShares, as all users of our software are expected to, and then went above and beyond and dropped
another 20% on people who have donated their time, talent, and energy to building the BitShares ecosystem. (Only Brownies that are in circulation are eligible, not the ones Dan hasn't handed out to anybody.)
We solicit recommendations from the community and encourage people to let us know what they have done for the ecosystem and give out brownies liberally to those we might otherwise not have known about. You can even get them for little things, like attending the weekly hangout where Bytemaster answers live questions from around the globe.
Just one of the ways we try to give back and show our appreciation.
There's still time to get yours... The sharedrop will occur on a random date later this fall.