Wow, what a reason for deciding to increase the rate to 5%...
Hopefully you don't know people that scam other people, so you won't decide to do the same because they told you it is a very common approach and should be replicated.. or
Hopefully you don't know people that dislike your site and told you to close it and disappear.. or
.. you got the idea.
I am more comfortable with 5% than 1%.
Just saying. It means a bigger incentive for dooglus to be honest and not run away with invested coins.
I'm more comfortable with 5% too. I've been working 20 hour days on the site since launch, and earning approximately nothing in return. I'm used to working for other people, and earning significantly more than that. Now I'm working for myself and not even covering expenses?
If it becomes apparently that 5% is stupidly high, then I'll reduce it again.
Seems a decent move - you have a good concept and the site's working fine. You SHOULD be earning something decent from it - and I'm happy to see this increase.
And I say that as someone who DOES have funds deposited there on the house side (and will likely never roll the dice on other side of the table).
People saying 1% just don't get it. As a depositor there I want dooglus to have an incentive to continue running the site and developing it - with 1% the only way he'd do financially well in the short-mid term would be to run with the funds. The 4% change makes negligible difference to investors but gives a big (and deserved) boost to dooglus' cut. In return we can have far more confidence in his ongoing commitment to the site - an exchange I'm more than happy with.