Communities in Web3 are a popular topic. Some even learned to pick them up cheerfully. But most communities are still quickly falling apart. Obviously, this is because they lack a built-in mechanism for self-reproduction of activity. What might these mechanisms be?
The first mechanism is the transformation of the community into a marketplace. Selling ideas, services, goods — it doesn’t matter. For example, on a thematic forum of photography lovers, the most popular section is the ‘Buy & Sell’.
There is another mechanism. It is a community of people who work together to create something for themselves. Which, perhaps, can be used by others. But using and improving this thing from your own experience is fundamental. The simplest example of this type of community platform is GitHub. Each repository is a mini-community whose members are engaged in improving a particular product, discussing these improvements.
We, at Shegby.com, are building a DAO of Locals around the world, our goal is quite specific — to give work to everyone, the opportunity to earn money by solving the problems of travellers, expats and even other locals. Our community, although it has general topics, is still more about the problems of travellers, how to solve them and about making money in the first place.
And what mechanisms do you know for collecting and retaining communities (not necessarily in Web3)?