Pump.fun co-founder: Recommendation reward algorithm adjusted, high-frequency posting yields diminishing marginal returns, encouraging quality token recommendations

Tapbit news reported on October 4 that Pump.fun co-founder Alon posted that the $15 million "Callout Rewards" (recommendation/promotion rewards) program was launched two months ago, aiming to make Pump.fun the most rewarding trading platform. However, the V1 version of the program inadvertently rewarded the wrong behavior, leading to a flood of low-quality spam while also suppressing users' willingness to create high-quality content. The team subsequently updated the reward algorithm, placing "quality" above "quantity"; this means that, just like on other social media platforms, the more recommendations you post each day, the lower the return per recommendation becomes.

Alon emphasized that with each iteration, they are moving in the right direction. However, for such a high-reward incentive program, there is still a great deal of work to be done to truly achieve high-quality content incentives that can broadly reach the masses. The team shows no favoritism and grants no special treatment, ensuring that everyone enjoys completely equal opportunities. So far, the rewards have covered all kinds of users, from large accounts with massive followings to small accounts with fewer than 10 followers. Alon advised users to focus on recommending quality tokens, build traders' trust through content, and earn rewards based on the trading volume generated by their Callouts. Spamming recommendations and "farming" followers (dumping tokens on them) will not yield sustainable returns.