Connection to Community:

The value that community members derive from community-as-a-service type business can be broken down into:

1. Learning from the content creator: the direct transfer of knowledge and skills from the creator of the community to the audience.
2. Learning from th...

• Boundaries: How people become members and what are the boundaries keeping others out.
• Emotional safety: By building boundaries, you create trust and a feeling of safety.
• A sense of belonging: Members must feel like they fit in.
• Personal investm...

Acts of pure altruism do exist and they are most likely motivated by empathy and a feeling of interconnectedness (We can sense the suffering of other beings because, in a sense, we are them).