It's Dangerous To Go Alone

The word “community” means many different things. For you, it might be most meaningful in terms of information, or of advice or access to role models or mentors. For other people it could mean friendship, shared humor, solidarity or support.

However we define community, though, the common theme that underpins all the ways we describe it is this: it makes us better.

A good community—whether it’s in web3, or it’s your local bike club or hobbyist group—pushes you to be better than you were. More skilled, for example, or more fit, helpful, aware, inclusive, or informed. We don’t do our best work, or become our best selves, in isolation.

And things are harder, without community. It was a big topic this week, as you’ll see from the highlights below. On that note, here’s a classic reminder:

• Memes are the next evolution of our desire to convey ideas in a succinct way. Here’s a clip of wabdoteth, Sappy Seal founder, talking memes on January 12th:

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• How do you build community while building a game? ⚽️ Clip here from Corey with Martian Premier League on his and his cofounders’ strategy:

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• TheMustach3 shared this perfect visual for the audience v. community conversation on Monday (Daily Dosers are the one on the right, ofc):

  

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  audience ≠ community I see the term "community" used interchangeably with "audience" in the web3 space. But they are not the same. @DavidSpinks defined it well: To build an audience, you help people. To build a community, you help people help each other.

  

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• The security chat on Tuesday led to a lot of advice—here’s the discussion link. Of note, Pocket Universe was recommended by many Daily Dosers.

• Nerd Alert January 11: Funding rounds. Funding rounds raise capital, for a business or startup, from investors. They typically have specific names, such as a "seed round" for an early stage startup or a "series A round" for a company with a proven business model. During each round, a company offers shares of equity in the company to investors.

  • Thanks to Silentmode for adding this additional education about funding, for those of us new to the topic:

    

• Ever wanted to hear a song Clemente used, but you couldn’t find it? Kickz has your back with the Daily Dose Radio playlist on Spotify 🔈

• Deep discussion on January 11th: “How did you find your web3 community"

• When asked what you’d do differently in web3 if you were starting fresh, so many of you talked about finding your people—here’s just a few:

• POAP memes: we have them!

  

• @zironivioletta performed on the Poppin Post Show - hear her song Gypsy Heart here!

• Dose of Youth is live—a new spaces to bring our younger Daily Dosers together!

• silentmode reminded us of the investor momentum DD is building

• dpengster tweeted about a DD San Francisco IRL meetup on January 20th

• Zero-cooldown is making some nice visuals to capture Daily Dose content

• Check out some responses to “Where are you, and what’s the weather like?”