🌐 Introducing Common Ground: Connecting Communities, Empowering Collaboration 🤝🌍
📢 What is Common Ground? Common Ground serves as a dynamic space where communities and ecosystems come together to collaborate and build. It combines the best features of platforms like Slack and Discord, while also incorporating blogging and feeds reminiscent of Medium/Mirror. With a Web2.5 approach, Common Ground offers multiple signup options, including wallets and email, and supports token-gating of chats and blogs out of the box. Currently, it supports 9 different blockchains in the EVM ecosystem.
🔑 Why does Common Ground matter to æternity? For æternity, Common Ground becomes its own exclusive hub, uniting all of its communities and builders under one dedicated ecosystem. As a white-label offering, Common Ground provides æternity with a branded instance of the platform, fostering collaboration and connection across all projects and communities within the æcosystem. Imagine the æternity Forum as a Discord-like platform with dedicated mobile and desktop apps.
💡 How does Common Ground benefit æternity? Common Ground solves numerous challenges for æternity, including:
Centralizing critical information for all communities in one place, enabling efficient feedback and discussions.
Facilitating collaboration among stakeholders, streamlining the building process.
Opening doors for partnerships with other ecosystems on Common Ground, expanding æternity's reach.
Showcasing æternity's vibrant ecosystem to the outside world, highlighting the wealth of communities it has nurtured.
Enhancing the distribution of funding, grants, and other opportunities through web3-native tools, including reputation features for individuals and communities.
📆 The Development of Common Ground Common Ground has already completed its closed alpha stage in May 2022 and progressed to a public alpha stage in January 2023. By the end of Q3 2023, it will reach the beta phase. The platform currently functions seamlessly across all devices and operating systems, both on mobile and desktop. The team is actively working on the final features to offer a high-quality MVP, ensuring a reliable group messaging application. Following the MVP, the team will proceed with implementing ecosystem white-labeling specifically for the æternity ecosystem.
✨ Are you a Community Builder? It's Time to Shine! ✨ If you're a community builder, look no further! Common Ground is your ideal platform, designed to bring everyone together under your own rules and freedom. Whether you're leading a sports club, a yoga class, a self-help group, a political party, a social movement, or a decentralized organization, Common Ground is the place to build and grow together. Enjoy community newsfeeds, gated access, video calls, and much more!
💫 Your New Home on Common Ground 💫
Fun and engaging features for voting, virtual classrooms, group chats, phone calls, or off-topic discussions about the universe.
Common Ground will always be free to use. In the near future, creators will have the opportunity to sell subscriptions to their fans, with the smallest fees in the industry. The team aims to find fair ways to monetize without ads or selling user data. Common Ground is built as a cooperative, making it your platform. As co-owners, they allow you to build a better way to run social media businesses.
🌟 Join the æternity Space on Common Ground! Whether you're a creator, a brand, or simply want to share your hobby, Common Ground welcomes you with open arms. We firmly believe in the power of communities, and that's why we're building Common Ground—to bring people together, prioritize real connections, and ensure shared ownership. Join the user-owned cooperative and have a say in how the Common Ground platform evolves. Participate in decision-making processes and influence the future of Common Ground.
🌍 Together, Let's Build a Brighter Future for Communities Everywhere, on Common Ground! 🌱
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