Today's Web3 Communities: The McMansions of the Internet

Community building has been a core part of internet functionality since the very first sites. For most of us, our first use of the internet was jumping into a community. The difference now is that Web3 allows all communities to launch, manage and grow native online economies together that enrich the lives of a broader stakeholder group than ever be... See more

As more and more identity formation happens online, it’s is inevitable that most of it happens in private spaces. As we spend more and more time living in these spaces, it’s inevitable that their intentional shaping should become more important to us. As more and more internet-first communities choose to build the means for themselves to live, it i... See more

With the Web3 would-be metaverses, I think they put the cart before the horse. If you put out a speculative offering, like a new coin that gains people entry into a digital world, people might show up, but I don’t know why they’d necessarily keep coming back. On a basic philosophical, human level, a thing is only valuable if a group decides it is. ... See more