Shaping A Community Members Can't Help But Contribute To
Hey everyone - we're back with another edition of our Concept Thursdays. Over the past year, I've helped dozens of Web3 communities, and I'm often asked for my best advice on getting active contributors. So in today's edition, I want to share with you three best practices that I found particularly effective in turning lurkers into engaged contributors. As you surely know, active members are essential in any community as they make the community grow, develop new initiatives, and make the overall community 10x more valuable. A community of engaged contributors is the *single* most important factor determining if your community sees success or goes nowhere. Unfortunately, 99% of community builders focus on growing member volume rather than finding engaged members for their community because they fail to understand one thing. 10 active contributors are better than 1000 random members.For the past 365 days of helping community builders attract contributors, I've noticed different mistakes most of them are making:
So here are the three best practices that thriving communities all have mastered - making almost all Coinvise communities get a better Contributors/Lurkers ratio than any other Web3 communities. Let me start here with the first one. Best Practice #1: Define A Minimum Viable ExpectationA Minimum Viable Expectation is the determined minimum level of contribution your community will ask for anyone to become a member. Implementing an MVE means accepting in the community ONLY those willing to put in thoughtful work. I know, it can be scary at first. But, trust me, in almost all Coinvise's communities implementing an MVE, I saw accepted members become increasingly willing to put in more bandwidth as they achieve great things as equals, not facing the free rider problem. When you define your MVE, you need to outline clear metrics, meaning digging deeply into what behaviors you want your community to be propagating. Depending on your goals, you can define a different MVE:
An MVE aligned with the community's goals will result in members putting effort into what's important for the community instead of suffering from the social pressure of having to show up every day. Best Practice #2: Let Contributors Cultivate Their Own Sub-Communities.Few people enjoy unwarranted scrutiny, and plenty of research supports the positive outcomes that autonomy inspires. So let contributors freely create their own sub-group and delegate responsibilities from one to another through bonds of trust. This is what I call "Network Responsibilities." You can develop this sense of Network Responsibility by:
Your goal is to develop a leaderful community - not a leaderless one.In tokenized communities, being a leader doesn't mean having control, it means instigating work, carrying responsibility, and making space for others to lead their own sub-groups and further build the network. So let contributors cultivate their own sub-communities, and they'll contribute endlessly. Best Practice #3: Build A Framework For Off-Boarding And Re-Onboarding MembersRe-onboarding inactive members is undoubtedly one of the biggest missed opportunities within tokenized communities today as such process brings to the forefront the most engaged contributors while still keeping the community small. Past members usually still have a deep emotional connection with the community, and when they decide to come back, they are 90% more likely to engage meaningfully. To give you an idea of what a re-onboarding framework could look like, here's one that I saw applied in a community I helped recently:
I noticed that creating seasons/cycles makes the whole re-onboarding process easier and more understandable for members.Encouraging and incentivizing members to opt back in every cycle proactively reinforces what it means to be a member, whether financial or social, and it also means members can make space and show up to contribute where it fits their area of expertise. With seasons, there's a clear context for those who are optionally off-boarded to re-onboard in an active decision at a time that suits their bandwidth. That's why today, I usually encourage the communities I help to create an NFT membership (only valid for one season) that grants access to their community's Discord. With this membership system, access is automatically removed to members who haven't proactively opted back in at the end of the season, ensuring a community of only active contributors. (Inactive members still keep their reputation through their NFT, they simply lose the utilities that come with it). And that’s it for this Concept Thursdays’ edition! In one quick article, you have everything you need to get in your community the best and most engaged contributors. Here's a quick recap:
I hope these tips are helpful as you continue your community-building journey! PS: Full credit to Fancy from Radar who first came up with this idea of an MVE for better members engagement — he’s the true expert. PPS: This article is not part of our Deep Dive Mondays because I didn’t go in-depth on each best practices I mentioned. If you’re interested to learn more about a specific point, make sure to comment below. |
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