-Using coordinape as a performance evaluation tool and to reassess the expectations of member's contributions. DAOs can run into trouble knowing how available their members are especially if they are involved in multiple DAOs
The pattern of boom and bust is easy to explain: the token prices appreciate when the game is growing and people are ever increasingly putting in money to buy assets and play.
If more money is being extracted than what is being put in, then naturally the economy will eventually fall apart. Money doesn’t grow on trees after all, not even digital ones.
Defensibility in web2 comes from proprietary data network effects. Each application is a walled garden, and a bigger user base translates into more utility vs. competitors. The social network with most data, content, users, etc. is more valuable.