# ARB's Wake-Up Call: A Critical Pivot is Necessary

**URL:** <https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/arbs-wake-up-call-a-critical-pivot-is-necessary/27706>\
**Category:** Archived Proposals\
**Tags:** proposal\
**Created:** [December 4, 2024, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/arbs-wake-up-call-a-critical-pivot-is-necessary/27706 "2024-12-04T09:57:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![jameskbh](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/jameskbh/32/2667_2.png) [@jameskbh](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/jameskbh)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/arbs-wake-up-call-a-critical-pivot-is-necessary/27706/16 "2024-12-09T12:35:15Z")

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Thanks for sharing your thoughts in here, this is a good read.

As others may have already pointed out, Arbitrum DAO is finishing a review of the previous incentives programs, exactly to act upon some of the findings you highlighted here. Your suggestions are a good extra material for the discussion.

> [@momir\_iosg](#):
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> The Failure of Current Incentive Schemes

I invite you to add more data into your analysis, building upon the extensive research being conducted, as the one I’m pasting in here.

> [@\[RFC\] Incentives Detox Proposal](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/rfc-incentives-detox-proposal/25849/73):
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> Retrospective Analysis: Importance of developing Incentive Goals [STIP](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/arbitrums-short-term-incentive-program-arbitrum-improvement-proposal/16131) (~ Nov 2023 - Feb 2024), [STIP.b](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/double-down-on-stip-successes-stip-bridge/22353) (~ Dec 2023 - March 2024), and [LTIPP](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/long-term-incentives-pilot-program/20223/41) (~June 3 - Aug 1 2024) have all now come to a close, distributing on the order of ~100M ARB to participants. A flurry of discussion and data analysis around these programs has been ongoing throughout the forum and key working group calls, including before, during, and after the campaigns. [Vending Machine](https://www.vendingmachine.design/) has been reviewing the various discussions around the …

All in all, the time is ripe for we, as DAO, to lay the foundations of a new incentives program.

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