Growing Communities

Welcome

This article provides an overview of four ways to grow a community and fund community members. Please note that this article is an early work in progress and will be updated soon. Enjoy!

Table of Contents

• Welcome
• Related Videos and Summary
• EF 61: Growing Communities
• Problems
• Solutions
• Selling Goods & Services
• Earnings Grants & Sponsorships
• Respecting a Token
• Starting a Community Garden
• Related Resources
• EF 60: Respect Trees
• EF 57: The Future of Creative Collaboration
• EF 40: Firmament, Albedo, and Emergent Missions

Related Videos and Summary

EF 61: Growing Communities

What are the best ways to nourish communities? We explore four ways to fund fractals and help community members, including a novel concept to start a new kind of garden 🌱

In the 61st Eden fractal Meeting, Dan Singjoy shared a presentation about this article at 1:01:37 and community members engaged in fascinating discussions amongst for the following hour. The solutions include selling goods and services, earning grants and sponsorships, respecting a token, and starting a community garden. Each solution has its pros and cons, and it may be best to use a combination of them. One of the ideas was related to the original design of ƒractally and two of the ideas were inspired by articles from Tadas called Rewarding fractal contributors without issuing a token and Fungibility out of non-fungible tokens. The document also includes related resources for more information. Enjoy! 🌱

Problems

• Our community members need funding in order to pay bills and grow our community
• The world needs the social games and community members that we can help grow to create profound benefits for all

Solutions

There are four solutions to grow our community and raise funding for community members below. Each potential solution includes some examples, pros, cons, and related resources. Note that these solutions are not mutually exclusive and it may be best to use a variety of solutions.

Selling Goods & Services

Examples:

• Courses
• Products
• Certifications
• Code

Pros:

• Simple, well understood

Cons:

• Private goods don’t always reward helpful goods and services

Earnings Grants & Sponsorships

Examples:

• ENF
• Dacoco
• Planet Eyeke

Pros:

• Funding can provide valuable resources in a way that incurs no liability for community members

Cons:

• Limited opportunities and funding

Resources:

Rewarding fractal contributors without issuing a token by Tadas

Respecting a Token

Examples:

• USD
• BTC
• ETH
• EOS

Pros:

• Massive potential for alignment and community growth

Cons:

• Regulatory Clarity

Related Resources:

fractally.com whitepaper Original Vision

Starting a Community Garden

Examples:

• Eden Fractal?

Pros:

• Inspire generation of entreprenuers
• Storytelling synergies
• Maximum Decentralization

Cons:

• Requires design and building

Related Resources:

Fungibility out of non-fungible tokens by Tadas

Nouns DAO

Related Resources

EF 60: Respect Trees

How can communities coordinate to maximize mutual benefit? We draw inspiration from fractals in nature and explore Respect Trees, an elegant primitive for collaborative thought, prioritization, and action! 🎬

EF 57: The Future of Creative Collaboration

Taking the next step in the evolution of human collaboration, we explore growth strategies and plans to unleash the natural power of creative communities with innovative social games 🎶 🌱 ⚽️

EF 40: Firmament, Albedo, and Emergent Missions

On git, blockchains, and IPFS. After playing Eden+Fractal with Fractalgram, Tadas presents brilliant technical visions to empower communities with Firmament & Albedo 💫