### Introduction

The Dots Magazine is an initiative created by two Polkadot fans who have been in the Polkadot ecosystem for years, since 2020. Our passion lies not just in the technology and architecture of Polkadot, but we also believe as its one of few, or even the only future-proof ecosystem. Basically, if you’re in the crypto for long-term, you've got no other place to go except Polkadot - just joking! Or maybe not?

That’s why we came to Polkadot. Initially, we started The Dots to make memes, but soon we realised that its’ potential lays far beyond than just meme posting, but fully potential entertainment/technical Polkadot newspaper and media.

### What is The Dots?

https://twitter.com/TheDotsMagazine

Polkadot non-nerdy entertainment news media. Our main goal is to highlight recent ecosystem updates, educate people about Polkadot and explain complex things in an easy language. We’re creating Polkadot news media for normies, who’s just joined the crypto and wants to know more about Polkadot and its parachains. Using the internet language, power of memes and humour is the best way to onboard new users into such complex things as crypto.


### Who are We? 

John Mental ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/Web3Promoteam)), a Polkadot Senior Ambassador, Web3 content creator and contributor to the ecosystem since 2020. Councillor at Basilisk, Hydrator and contributor at HydraDX. 

Mantra ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/m0neymantra)), a Web3 addict and professional content creator. Ambassador at Polimec and Candidate at Phala Network. Just cool and dedicated. 

### What have we done so far? 

We started our journey in January and at the moment of publishing the proposal, we gained 1.1k Twitter followers which is a very solid achievement (all our audience is 100% live and organic). 

We published series of Blitz videos during the Sub0 Polkadot Asia to show that Polkadot is also about fun and how people in the community are passionate about it, so far we’re receiving only positive feedback and we’re happy to move forward, the Treasury funding will allow us to produce more professional and quality content, as we’ll be able to dedicate more time to our project and involve more people in the production. Two full interviews with Jay Chrawna and Alice_und_Bob are finished and set into the pipeline for this week. 

### Our Metrics

![](https://i.imgur.com/vji2SjO.jpeg)
![](https://i.imgur.com/YaKI7Gf.png)

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**Beneficiary**: DJxMY9rfpFcoNAC251FJg1qC2UQxDrjKK3HcBcRK6aNncWc

**Requested KSM**: 235.4209 KSM
$10,000.00 in equivalent of KSM for 6 month of operational work  

Average KSM price for the last 7D: 42.4771

**Working hour**: 30$ 

**Total working hours per week**: 14 hours per week (including expenses on part-time production team) 

**Total**: 336 hours, not including brainstorms, community calls, Twitter and governance research and other stuff.

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Important Note: We haven't received any tips or funding from any project so far for our work and are currently operating solely as enthusiasts and advocates for the ecosystem. Should the community approve our proposal and appreciate our efforts, we will then operate entirely on Treasury funds, focusing on highlighting ecosystem updates and assisting parachain teams in building their communities.

[Full Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/176YdqXLs2psLCZnWAkgde_CjGcPVXTryOSZ8QxNuwPk/edit#heading=h.xghghca08xyd)


- **Problem Statement:** Creating a Polkadot news media platform for newcomers to understand the ecosystem easily.
- **Significance:** Enhancing Polkadot awareness through entertaining and educational content.
- **Proposed Solution:** The Dots Magazine aims to produce professional and quality content using memes and humor.
- **Expected Outcomes:** Requesting 235.4209 KSM (approximately $10,000) for 6 months of operational work to expand content creation and community involvement.

#403 TheDots – The First Polkadot Non-Nerdy Media Outlet & Memes