So why did we develop our own social network?

Read about our vision to create the first platform owned and operated by a DAO:

fwb.help/editorial/intr… FWB has always felt like a group chat with a shared bank account, powered by our own community currency.

With our new social platform, we'll have a home for our community to interact with each other that we all play a part in building, maintaining, and evolving.

Today, FWB introduces a new kind of social network

Owned by the creatives and builders who believe in the promise of a better internet

𝓦𝓮𝓵𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓗𝓸𝓶𝓮

app.fwb.help When it launched, FWB was a token-gated group chat in Discord, exploring the notion of an internet native community with its own currency.

What we realized was that to an extent, FWB has always been a kind social network – without allegiance to one specific platform.

Friends with Benefits is excited to enter our second year.

For Season Five, we will be introducing new ways for our community to venture out and come together – both online and offline.

Welcome to Season Five: Social Spaces

fwb.mirror.xyz/Wy0A7swyDOwycS… The strength of FWB will be defined by the strength of one-to-one relationships.

As it currently stands, there’s no easy way for members to connect with one another.

Discord is not enough.

There’s too much noise on Twitter.

It’s time to start building our own tools ꩜

A new, timely WIP article just dropped.

“Building an Inclusive World of Crypto” by @_kinjalbshah

fwb.help/wip/building-a…

If intentional building isn’t in place as the Web3 landscape continues to grow, we cannot progress towards the new Internet that we want. As Kinjal points out, we can preach about breaking down barriers in web3 all we want.

But data does not lie. And neither do the identities and values of the loudest voices in the room.

Where do go from here?

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gallery.fwb.help/fwb-nyc winner of this 1/1 NFT gets:

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What if instead of founders pitching investors, investors pitched to communities?

Proud to welcome @a16z @PaceCap @KindredVentures @sparkcapital and @ljin18 to the FWB family through a $10M governance proposal.

Here’s how we did it, why did it, and how your community can too. In Web2, founders pitch investors— often at misalignment with their users and community.

In Web3, communities vote to accept outside investment if it aligns with its strategic goals.

This is what it looks like. fwb.mirror.xyz/PW77qpj2pnP9cj…

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. *　✨new✨ WIP article

. * just dropped from the metaverse 🌀
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　　 　Better Living Through Networks
　 + 　 　via @davehrlichman & @JoseRMejia
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　　　fwb.help/wip/impact-net… In his new book, Impact Networks, @davehrlichman lays the groundwork for healthy and productive networked systems 🌱🕸✨

Introducing — Works in Progress™

An Editorial Venture into the Undefined.
fwb.help/wip/ Web3 moves so fast and $FWB is a digital city with no timezone, being built at all hours of the day.

The Editorial Team had to make an important distinction:

📲 TL;DR helps us catch up on a variety of events & projects in the short-term.
📚 WIP helps us go deep and go wide.

Now introducing FWB Gatekeeper™ - a web3 solution for the token gating IRL events experiences – debuting at FWB Paris Eth.CC.

>> fwb.help/rsvp

fwb.mirror.xyz/XU5_RYsow8fDbb… Here’s how it works:

• Token holders RSVP through a web3 gated webpage to verify the correct token amount.