Here's why it makes sense to kill The Communities Show podcast.
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Here's why it makes sense to kill The Communities Show podcast.
“Communities are about human connections” - Lera and I shout into the void and kill The Communities Show as you know it.
In 2021 the world went crazy on communities because suddenly that was the only way to keep engagement over online conferences and meetups while offline events have been mostly unavailable or non-feasible.
So we started The Communities Show to talk to the brightest minds and the biggest thinkers to discuss the glory of communities and to try to comprehend the new reality.
Today many of these brightest minds promote NFTs, community DAOs, 📜,📜 and we feel somewhat betrayed.
“Communities are about human connections” was the key message on The Communities Show across episodes so we focused on geeky details like reporting, nailing objectives, navigating the corps, attention-retention...
But so few care about people communities now since crypto is what is hot today and it requires a hyped approach and new tools. Our community consulting agency got swarmed by crypto folks throwing money at us, but each time we felt like we’re asked to build a Ponzi scheme, a financial pyramid of sorts.
It was a hard no for us. Our values are classy in this regard.
“Communities are about human connections” - Lera and I shout into the void and kill The Communities Show as you know it.
Also, we want to show the world the power of communities not by talking but by doing.
At this very moment, we’re closing a financing round for a community-led online school where people reskill themselves into the game development industry by making games in groups with mentors.
We want The Communities Show to become an honest podcast where we build in public a community-led product from zero.
The most sensitive details and the access to a secret chat will be available only to the premium subscribers, yet all key points will be public on the web.
More details in the next email 🥂
For a sneak peek of how the new version of The Communities Show gonna look a feel - look here:
See you all next year 🎄
Lera and Olle