Bot farmers need to know that there’s a way now to “sell” their bots. The more bot farmers we attract the faster and the better would the results be.
I suggest creating a web page (Upala x Gitcoin Passport present Bot Farmer Competition) with rules of the game for bots. Page needs to be promoted well. I also suggest running PoF measurement campaigns in between matching rounds.
It makes sense creating a special campaign as important as matching rounds. And announce it accordingly: emails, twitter, social media, ads, etc.
Bot farmers competition
“If you can break a human verification method, there’s a way to earn on that. We have clear rules and transparent process”.
Robots on a rural bot farmer competition. Ideas easily stick to that: cyborg pig as a prize, rope puling competition, growing big pumpkins, making fun of rural robots (more inspiration - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HZ4DnVfWYQ), using AI generated art.
I would suggest making it in between of matching rounds. Regularity would be awesome. Announcing a single campaign for the first test would do just fine.
First stage. Let bots prepare. Before the competition (campaign) starts robots should prepare their tools, i.e. integrate them with Upala bot-manager lib. That should take place a week or two before.
Second stage. Round begins, fight! The actual competition begins. Pools are filled with money, scores are set. Plan is published and being updated if any changes happen. Bot rights protected. Communicating with bot farmers directly.
Both stages may be repeated in the future to keep the scores up to date and accurate.
The more bot owners are aware of the campaign the faster we can get the results and most probably that would require less funds (if we attract fraudsters that are not yet familiar with Gitcoin, but which are good specifically at forging)
Both stages require publicity. In both cases it necessary to put a link at the passport page and promotion using existing resources (GC mailing list, twitter, social media) and as an additional step - paid ads.