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In the creator economy, communities are front and center. When does the community start to run on autopilot without the founder?
Community Platforms
One can build a community as an ecosystem of a blockchain, a community of fans of a creator, or a community of readers of a newsletter. There are various platforms to do it. They range from community platforms such as Mighty Networks and Circle, to general communication platforms such as a Slack workspace, a Discord server, or a Telegram group.
Such communities are founded by an individual or a small founding team and start assembling members.
Naturally, network effects kick in when the community members contribute and gain from other members. This goes beyond what they gain from the founder(s) and their contribution to the founder(s) in the form of subscription fees or tips.
It is interesting to understand when such communities take off and fly on autopilot without the founding team.
Communities on Autopilot
For instance, consider the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem, which is spread across numerous community platforms, all of which were not created by the founders of Ethereum. From recent comments by one of the founders, Vitalik Buterin, and a general impression, it seems the community is on autopilot.
