Common Ground: Optimizing How Web3 Communities Connect

Web3 communities are digital spaces where individuals come together to share ideas, collaborate on projects, and engage in meaningful discussions within the decentralized web ecosystem. It’s all about community in the decentralized future. 

Unlike traditional online forums, communities in web3 leverage blockchain technology to empower their members by offering unique features like tokenized membership, censorship resistance, collective fund management, and transparent decision-making processes. This creates a sense of ownership and enables members to actively participate in the governance of their community.

Today, many web3 communities still depend on web2 platforms like Telegram or Discord to manage their activities, and although these platforms are user-friendly and widely used, they lack essential web3-native features such as decentralized ownership, which means that community members cannot fully participate in decision-making or directly benefit from the community’s growth. 

Web3 communities on these platforms also face limitations like the risk of deplatforming, censorship, and a lack of true ownership over their data and interactions.

This is where Common Ground comes in. 

Optimizing community managed in web3 with Common Ground

Common Ground is dedicated to making it easy for anyone to create, manage, or join a web3 community without prior knowledge of blockchain technology. It focuses on building user-friendly tools and integrating common web3 functionalities seamlessly, aiming to empower communities by offering decentralized solutions for managing memberships, monetizing content, and facilitating transparent decision-making.

“We use a lot of on-chain functionality to enable new kinds of communities to do new kinds of activities together” - Dominic Horn, Co-Founder, Common Ground.

Digital ownership over centralized control

Common Ground is a user-owned platform that prioritizes community ownership over centralized control. Unlike traditional platforms, Common Ground is actually owned by its users, aligning the interests of everyone involved and ensuring that decisions are made with the community's best interests at heart. This model empowers users to have a direct say in how the platform evolves, creating a sense of shared responsibility and collective decision-making.

“Our focus is to build a space that brings people together rather than dividing them with polarizing, algorithm-driven content. We prioritize user privacy by collecting minimal data and leveraging advanced technology that allows users to own their data and identity.” - Florian Glatz, Co-Founder, Common Ground.

With Common Ground, community members’ contributions to the community are acknowledged through a unique reward system that emphasizes fair distribution and user empowerment.

Keep learning about the Consensys Builder Stories and how it’s playing a role in #Web3forAll here.