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I think they mean that rather than the traditional sense of community (a group with common interests or characteristics who look out for and assist each other,

I think they mean that rather than the traditional sense of community (a group with common interests or characteristics who look out for and assist each other, such as farmers helping bring in each others crops if one gets sick at harvest time), Web3 communities are more like an organised crime gang or a cult or something. In that they exist by taking advantage of people outside the group (or at lower tiers within the group) and are generally malevolent. >We write open source contracts, we participate in DAO governance, we build products You (and the people around you) might even be some of the genuine believers in web3 and just want to build a cool product or make the world better in some way, but you cannot deny that in the web3 space you're vastly outnumbered by frauds, swindlers, and people generally looking to get rich quick at the expense of others.

chrisco255 4y ago
> Web3 communities are more like an organised crime gang or a cult or something This is just not true at all. We discuss governance proposals in open forums, we submit requests for comments, we discuss pros and cons as community members, we sometimes debate vigorously, we sometimes are pretty unanimous. We submit code to Github or Gitlab and publish verified smart contracts to Etherscan for all to review. Some communities that are interesting that I have participated in include: ENS (Ethereum Name Service): https://discuss.ens.domains/ https://discuss.ens.domains/ Rocket Pool: https://dao.rocketpool.net/ https://dao.rocketpool.net/ Aave: https://governance.aave.com/ https://governance.aave.com/ Optimism: https://snapshot.org/#/opcollective.eth https://snapshot.org/#/opcollective.eth We Are All Going to Die (decentralized D&D): https://snapshot.org/#/wagdie.eth https://snapshot.org/#/wagdie.eth etc etc We're not vastly outnumbered by frauds. The frauds showed up during the peak bull cycle phase to get rich quick, and they make a lot of noise. But a lot of them ended up blowing themselves up on high leverage and have already met their due. I wish there was a way to keep the swindlers completely out of the space, but given its permissionless nature, it's one of those trade-offs, like living in the wild west. You're both free and vulnerable, so you have to look out for yourself. I think that given time, the scammers shake themselves out, and the cream rises to the top.

chrisco255 4y ago

> Web3 communities are more like an organised crime gang or a cult or something This is just not true at all. We discuss governance proposals in open forums, we submit requests for comments, we discuss pros and cons as community members, we sometimes debate vigorously, we sometimes are pretty unanimous. We submit code to Github or Gitlab and publish verified smart contracts to Etherscan for all to review. Some communities that are interesting that I have participated in include: ENS (Ethereum Name Service): https://discuss.ens.domains/ https://discuss.ens.domains/ Rocket Pool: https://dao.rocketpool.net/ https://dao.rocketpool.net/ Aave: https://governance.aave.com/ https://governance.aave.com/ Optimism: https://snapshot.org/#/opcollective.eth https://snapshot.org/#/opcollective.eth We Are All Going to Die (decentralized D&D): https://snapshot.org/#/wagdie.eth https://snapshot.org/#/wagdie.eth etc etc We're not vastly outnumbered by frauds. The frauds showed up during the peak bull cycle phase to get rich quick, and they make a lot of noise. But a lot of them ended up blowing themselves up on high leverage and have already met their due. I wish there was a way to keep the swindlers completely out of the space, but given its permissionless nature, it's one of those trade-offs, like living in the wild west. You're both free and vulnerable, so you have to look out for yourself. I think that given time, the scammers shake themselves out, and the cream rises to the top.