I really like dappervolk, and despite the hiatus, I enjoyed collecting pets, looking at other people's accs, contests. etc., but I was being caught off guard by the words about taxes under basic mechanics and it just distanced me from this game only further
As fairywren said, the good thing about the frog pond is that spending potatoes for rewards is optional. If the basic use of the game is going to tax you I doubt anyone will like it, hopefully the staff will listen to what other players have suggested