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    <description>New Tiers design questions from flove interviews.</description>
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      <title>Names for the five stages (replacing Joined·Contributor·Steward·Patron·Pillar)?</title>
      <link>https://flove.org/making-of.html#nety-spec_q61</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>• newbie · known · homie · expert · legend — Marc's chosen stage names, mapping to the mini→super tier ceilings.
• mini · basic · normal · advanced · super — Reuse the tier names as stage names.
• Seed · Sprout · Grove · Forest · Canopy — Organic growth metaphor.

★ decided: newbie · known · homie · expert · legend</description>
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      <title>How do stages relate to the tier/mode you browse in?</title>
      <link>https://flove.org/making-of.html#nety-spec_q62</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>• Stage = earned ceiling; mode is your choice (optionally activatable) — Your stage unlocks a ceiling of tiers; you freely pick any tier at/below it, new features optional. A legend can browse mini/basic. Earned level ≠ chosen mode.
• Stage hard-locks you to one tier — You're always in the tier your stage dictates; no downshifting.
• Fully independent — Tiers and stages unrelated.

★ decided: Stage = earned ceiling; mode is your choice (optionally activatable)</description>
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      <title>What does the 'super' tier add?</title>
      <link>https://flove.org/making-of.html#nety-spec_q63</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>• Leave super open for now — Define mini→advanced concretely; super = 'the full stack, TBD'.
• Full integration of all tiers — super = everything woven together, all scopes active.
• Network-wide / steward powers — super adds top-end powers (pool stewardship, governance).

★ decided: Leave super open for now</description>
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      <title>What do nety's hardware tiers add (mini→super)?</title>
      <link>https://flove.org/making-of.html#nety-spec_q64</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>• Same resource types, more quota — nety is a QUOTA ladder — every tier shares the same resources; higher tiers just raise how much you contribute/draw.
• Scaling capacity &amp; new roles — Each tier adds new hardware capabilities (relay→compute→GPU→orchestration).
• Leave nety tiers open — Spec the hardware ladder later.

★ decided: Same resource types, more quota</description>
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      <title>Do the nety (hardware) and appy (software) ladders advance together or apart?</title>
      <link>https://flove.org/making-of.html#nety-spec_q65</link>
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      <category>nety-spec</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>• Independent, both feed your standing — Progress in each domain separately; hardware→Global, software→other facets. Either path raises your stage.
• One linked stage — A single stage advances both domains together.
• Hardware gates software — Climb nety first to unlock the matching appy tier.

★ decided: Independent, both feed your standing</description>
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      <title>Access gating: mini (nety) vs basic (appy)?</title>
      <link>https://flove.org/making-of.html#nety-spec_q66</link>
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      <category>nety-spec</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>• mini open, basic invite-gated — Freely download the client + contribute to nety + get a web miniprofile (no invite); registering into appy (play &amp; store apps) needs an invite.
• Both open — No invite anywhere; fully permissionless.
• Both invite-gated — Even running the nety client needs an invite.

★ decided: mini open, basic invite-gated</description>
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      <title>Can you advance without sharing nety resources?</title>
      <link>https://flove.org/making-of.html#nety-spec_q67</link>
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      <category>nety-spec</category>
      <category>Tiers</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>• Yes — substitute more authentication/trust — Skip nety contributions but compensate with more Personal/Social/Local (identities, vouches, invites). Facets are substitutable.
• No — contribution is required — You must share resources to advance.

★ decided: Yes — substitute more authentication/trust</description>
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