Community Design

Scaling DAO participation is an attention problem not a technical/coordination problem

you can estimate the quality of someone’s opinions about large scale social systems by evaluating their experience as a small scale organiser if you can’t create harmonious relationships in a collective of 15 ppl, why should I trust your opinion about policing or governance?

People join communities for benefits, not belonging. They want to learn something new, to achieve a goal, to grow status, to be entertained, to have fun, etc. They only find and value belonging after they've been a member and formed relationships.

Here are 10 things you can do to improve how you onboard new members into your Discord (or any community platform)...🧵

Community is the most valuable currency of the new internet

Stop calling your Instagram audience a community Audience ≠ community How to think about audience vs community:

i am very grateful everyone who came to my talk at fwb fest and those who helped me out with it recently. in some ways this talk took 6 years to put together. the basic theory of "lifestyles," identity, and brands was there by 2016, but i was missing a strong notion of culture

Meta Thread on Community Maturity Roadmap

Focused on new structures of kinship and uniting people around shared values of empathy and care, community platforms are increasingly integrating wellbeing, sustainability and social justice into their core. 🧵

Hate to be a party poopoooor but... So much 101 startup knowledge seems to be forgotten in the race to just launch tokens in crypto these days. I think the space has *not* become useful enough that decentralized governance should be a priority. Lil thread 👇