The following reflects the views of L2BEAT’s governance team, composed of @krst, @Sinkas, and @Manugotsuka, and it’s based on their combined research, fact-checking, and ideation.
Although we like the idea of using Arbitrum products — and generally web3 products where it makes sense — we see little reason for the proposal to go through the governance process at this time, even if it’s just to get ‘ratified’. It would be more sensible to start using Huddle first, and, if it makes sense, have such a vote in the future.
This proposal could serve as a starting point to discuss a closer relationship between Huddle and the DAO. If we are to utilize Huddle and promote it as a DAO, then Huddle should also promote Arbitrum as a suitable platform for building, where builder support is available. Hopefully, this relationship turns into a success story we can leverage, and a field to experiment with more collaboration between the DAO and Arbitrum builders.
What we could do now is help build awareness about the existence of these tools and let delegates decide whether or not it makes sense to use them. Proposals, or rather discussion starters, like this should serve as a gentle nudge for people to try something new, which we recognise can be difficult due to the force of habit and familiarity.
As L2BEAT, we have already started using Huddle for the calls we recently set up, such as the SOS discussions. Unless any significant issues arise, we are open to continuing to use Huddle for DAO-related calls. We only encountered an issue once with a recording that randomly stopped, but after contacting the Huddle team, they appear to have resolved the issue
The idea of having recordings automatically stored in IPFS is also very appealing, as it ensures that the calls remain accessible and do not depend on any single entity’s or individual’s Google account remaining active.
With that in mind, we suggest continuing to experiment with using Huddle without any commitment to make it the standard tool, to see if there are any issues with people not being able to join calls with the same ease. If everything is working correctly, we can continue using it and encourage others to use it as well, without, however, forcing anyone to use it.
Disclaimer: The above is not an endorsement of Huddle as a software, but rather an attempt at practically supporting builders on Arbitrum.