TIL: Reality shifting: psychological features of an emergent online daydreaming culture
Reality shifting (RS) is a trendy mental activity that emerged abruptly following the flare-up of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and seems to be practiced mainly by members of the post-millennial generation. RS, described as the experience of being able to transcend one’s physical confines and visit alternate, mostly fictional, universes, is discussed by many on Internet platforms. One RS forum boasts over 40,000 members and RS clips on some social media platforms have been viewed over 1.7 billion times. The experience of shifting is reportedly facilitated by specific induction methods involving relaxation, concentration of attention, and autosuggestion
Rust Moderation Team Resigns
The entire moderation team resigns, effective immediately. This resignation is done in protest of the Core Team placing themselves unaccountable to anyone but themselves.
As a result of such structural unaccountability, we have been unable to enforce the Rust Code of Conduct to the standards the community expects of us and to the standards we hold ourselves to. To leave under these circumstances deeply pains us, and we apologize to all of those that we have let down. In recognition that we are out of options from the perspective of Rust Governance, we feel as though we have no course remaining to us but to step down and make this statement.
🌱 When “Art” Dies, the Community Will Thrive — HyperAllergic
💬 The Group Chat Could Be So Much More — Ian Vanagas
💯 A Founder’s Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Your First 1,000 Community Members — First Round
✅ The internet needs better rules, not stricter referees — Substack
☠️ Meta CTO thinks bad metaverse moderation could pose an ‘existential threat’ — The Verge🏓 Your role in a community — Simon Tomes
📺 The ethics of community — PJ Hagerty
🍛 Community, a dish best served collaboratively — Jeremy Meiss
🗺 My community building journey — Akanksha Bhasin
🎙 Are You Gardening, or Are You Managing Waste? — Community Signal
🗞 TikTok Launches New 'CommunityTok' Promotional Push to Highlight Subculture Engagement in the App — Social Media Today
👺 'Roblox' sues long-banned user for allegedly terrorizing the platform — Engadget
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Every community should have a living manifesto, that get's reviewed every season, and re-written from scratch every age (4-5 seasons).
— rafa0 (@rafathebuilder) November 22, 2021
It is the north star, a call-to-action, and summary of values, and a primary form of alignment between new members.
All the hype I see around web3 always leads back to money. I am all for money, but I am not all for the next version of the web to be powered by payments.
— kurt kemple (@theworstdev) November 28, 2021
You can't pay money without some form of centralization which negates the benefits of web3.
Metamask is a prime example.
So I've been diving into @OlympusDAO forks and I think I've come across a rug pull in process.
— Peter Yang (@petergyang) November 27, 2021
I hope I'm wrong about @BabylonDAO but there are some solid red flags...
In February 2020, Makerpad:
— Ben Tossell (@bentossell) November 25, 2021
- Had a growing team
- Neared $400k in revenue
- Reached over 1000 paying members https://t.co/67TkQG1IVH
When we first launched community I spent a long time designing content & journeys.
— Max Rothery (@maximillianroth) November 25, 2021
This time we recruited our members to do this for us.
I will never go back to doing this myself.
I really enjoyed reading this. Community managers take note - if you target these chemicals it may be the ultimate community hack. Ideas:
— Community Coach Carmen (@acommunitycoach) November 25, 2021
1) start a “complement someone in this community” thread
2) Members can “check” off tasks and be recognised
3) Celebrate micro wins channel https://t.co/vWqESJBtGx
What are some of the most underrated Community values?
— eddie briseño 🌎 (@EddieBrisenyo) November 24, 2021
I’ll start ➔ Security
DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations) represent the next step forward in the labor movement.
— Li Jin (@ljin18) November 28, 2021
A thread 🧵
In theory, crypto makes it possible for users to partake in the success of the products and communities they are part of. In practice, token-based economies are very difficult to design. We’re going to see a lot of trial and error.
— sariazout.eth (@sariazout) November 24, 2021
Some challenges I'm seeing:
It's easy to start a community on social media platforms.
— Matt Mecham (@mattmecham) November 23, 2021
But it's hard to keep it there.
