Pump.fun co-founder Alon said the platform changed its $15 million Callout rewards program two months after launch, after finding that the first version unintentionally encouraged the wrong kind of behavior. According to Alon, the original setup led to a flood of low-quality posts and weakened users’ incentive to keep producing strong content over time.
The platform has since updated the reward algorithm to put more weight on content quality instead of posting volume. Under the revised system, the more Callouts a user publishes in a single day, the lower the marginal reward from each additional post. Alon said the mechanism is still being refined, and that there is still a lot of work ahead if Pump.fun wants large numbers of users to consistently create high-quality content over the long term.
He also said the rewards program already covers both top accounts and accounts with fewer than 10 followers, adding that there is no favoritism or special treatment. Alon urged users to focus on recommending quality tokens, build trader trust through content, and earn rewards based on the trading volume generated by their Callouts. He added that spamming Callouts or dumping tokens on followers will not produce lasting returns.
According to ChainCatcher, Pump.fun co-founder Alon said the platform reviewed its $15 million Callout rewards program two months after launch and found that the first version had unintentionally encouraged the wrong behavior. That design, he said, led to a wave of low-quality content and reduced users’ willingness to keep producing quality posts over time.
Pump.fun then adjusted the reward algorithm so the system would place more emphasis on content quality rather than the number of posts. Under the new setup, the more Callouts a user publishes in a day, the lower the marginal return generated by each additional post.
Alon said the rewards mechanism is still being iterated on, but added that there is still substantial work to do before large numbers of users can produce high-quality content consistently over the long term.
He also said the program already covers both leading accounts and accounts with fewer than 10 followers, and that there is no bias or preferential treatment.
Alon said users should focus on recommending quality tokens, build trust with traders through their content, and earn rewards based on the trading volume generated by their Callouts. He added that simply spamming Callouts or selling tokens to followers would not generate sustainable returns.
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