"it seems dumb but it’s super smart.” We launched a software company
@sceneinfra
See you at FEST24 ٩(◕‿◕)۶ ♬♫ 𓇢𓆸 ⋆⁺₊⋆ ͏early bird tickets available now 👇 ͏ ͏
FEST24 THE YEAR OF VALIDATION ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ ALL YOUR FRIENDS WILL BE THERE. Tickets on sale now.
𓇢𓆸 Idyllwild, CA August 1-4 𓇢𓆸
Culture & emerging tech collide for 3 days of ideas, music + experiences ♬♫♪◖( ✧‿✧)◗♪♫♬
Early bird tickets available starting today…
Friends with Benefits is excited to enter our second year.
For Season Five, we will be introducing new ways for our community to venture out and come together – both online and offline.
Welcome to Season Five: Social Spaces
What if instead of founders pitching investors, investors pitched to communities?
Proud to welcome
@a16z
@PaceCap
@KindredVentures
@sparkcapital
and
@ljin18
to the FWB family through a $10M governance proposal.
Here’s how we did it, why did it, and how your community can too.
Friends (and friends of friends) ~
Our piece with the
@nytimes
hit the press this morning. Big thanks to the kind words by
@erinkwoo
&
@kevinroose
Read it with your second coffee or yerba mate (for those who partake)
Introducing Season Four: Locals Only 🌃
Now inviting everyone with 5 $FWB to participate in FWB Events and a local City DAO. Everything you need to know
Introducing — FWB Fellowships 🐇🕳
a program promoting access for exceptional creatives into our community, awarded on the basis of merit, need, and representation.
read about it in depth here ⤵️
Today, FWB is partnering with
@ballmatthew
to take back the Metaverse.
Now announcing the launch of his genesis NFT—Matthew Ball’s Original Metaverse Essay.
The winner(s) will play a role in establishing an open & participatory Metaverse DAO for all.
FWB FEST was a special experience that left many of us forever changed—we listened to live music, and exchanged stories, aspirations and memories.
Thank you to everyone who had a hand in making such an unforgettable event possible.🌲
See you next year!!
video:
@redgaskell
NYC — we meet once again on the dancefloor 😌
come rave with us and
@ourZORA
at
RSVPs just opened
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keep falling down the rabbit hole of this thread for more details 🐇🕳
FWB Season 6: Collective Growth 🌱
Web3 has exploded. It can feel intense.
So let's remember why we’re here:
~ to experiment with emergent possibilities
& grow with each other in the process ~
Read more →
✨ FWB PRESENTS: ✨
the final lineup is here.
are u good room or bad room? tag yourself 🩸 or don’t. either way, we hope ur dreams come true on the dance floor ✨
𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗪¡𝗻@𝗺𝗽 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦
An early-access pass to next year’s festival, available only in $FWB
Made in collaboration with
@fabiolalariosm
and
@thepark
So…who's ready to go back to Idyllwild? 🌲🌲🌲
We are pleased to introduce…
Café 11🥂
A new project co-created by FWB and
@Hennessy
, which includes an NFT membership, cultural community, and a series of bespoke events worldwide.
LAUNCHING NEXT WEEK ↓
A new, timely WIP article just dropped.
“Building an Inclusive World of Crypto” by
@_kinjalbshah
If intentional building isn’t in place as the Web3 landscape continues to grow, we cannot progress towards the new Internet that we want.
on the dance floor, we meet once again 😌
our
@nft_nyc
party with our homies
@ourZORA
is happening Nov 1st 9PM - 3AM.
stay tuned next week for RSVP and more info. the lineup is 😮💨🤌
Today we’re announcing the first-ever FWB Bazaar! ❄️
What it is →
• An online holiday market featuring unique IRL goods
• An experiment in community-first commerce
• A festive celebration of web3 culture
• Powered by PYUSD
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In light of recently surfaced past remarks from a community member and a leader, FWB will process this incident through formal review by way of our community-voted Code of Conduct.
Here's how the process has implemented in the past.
FWB FEST ’23 // schedule 𝓼𝓷𝓮𝓪𝓴 𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓴
𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬
here’s what we have in store for participants of our IRL internet exposition (ᴅᴇᴛᴀɪʟs sᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ)
passes still available — who’s touching grass with us in Idyllwild?
Introducing 🟥🟩🟦Scene Infrastructure Company 🟥🟩🟦FWB’s software c-corp [fka FWB Labs]
@sceneinfra
has closed a $3m seed round with
@a16zcrypto
Read the full announcement ⬇
⛺🌲COUNTDOWN TO FWB FEST🌲⛺
…STARTING...…**NOW**
Mint tickets @ →
Our adventure into the undefined takes place August 12–14 in Idyllwild, California. At the foot of the mountains. Let’s go touch grass. Together.
FWB x
@worldcoin
present: 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓸𝔁 𝓸𝓯 𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓭 at Feria Material 2/8 - 2/11 CDMX
Through this collaboration, we address the imperative of being human with accelerating AGI/ASI & societal systems that deny too many people their humanity.
Introducing the FWB Directory –
A traversable on-chain identity to connect, grow, and move fluidly across the Web3 ecosystem.
Members will be able to search and engage based on shared communities, indexed skills, and past IRL events they’ve attended.
check out the vibrant feature
@residentadvisor
wrote up on $fwb & our summer of url to irl
it centers our community, some of our artists in the server, and thoughts from some of our core contributors ✨🩸🌀
Several friends are typing…
Artists see it.
Azealia sees it.
We see it.
Collectively, this is our chance.
To make a more equitable ecosystem that serves artists, creatives, and those who dream of something beyond the status quo — those who don’t fit a mold.
Hello birds and bois 🐥🐥
After an epic weekend in Idyllwild, we wanted to bring your attention to an important cause: helping the Idyllwild Community Center rebuild a half pipe and expand the footprint of their local skate park. 🛹
only $9200 to go!
donate: idyskates.eth
Swap for friendship, it’s so easy ・゚・:*:・。☆ ヽ(・∀・)ノ
Big thanks to
@uniswap
— you can now swap any ERC-20 token for $FWB directly on our site.
↓ check it out ↓
right now, we’re collectively dreaming up things beyond ourselves online.
none of this is new:
꩜ subcultures
꩜ interdependent housing
꩜ dj collectives
꩜ art residencies
꩜ editorial publications
꩜ radio stations
꩜ food co-ops
꩜ mutual aid orgs
the question is ownership.
Get your squad together. Go touch grass. Gatekeeper is here. ✵🔓✵
A product for the community, by the community.
Create your own token-enabled experiences with our tech.
𝐼𝓉'𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓀𝑒𝑒𝓅 𝑜𝓊𝓉, 𝒾𝓉'𝓈 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝒾𝓃
Introducing our inaugural Fellowship Class
Our program will help onboard 40 exceptional individuals representing 22 different cities, from NYC to Nairobi into Web3.
They include musicians, poets, product designers, scientists, and community organizers
Introducing our first NFT series launching at Miami Basel
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This is a limited collection of FWB's iconic birds – reinterpreted by our favorite artists.
Bringing physicals with digital art, while this is the first of its kind, it’s just the beginning
FWB has hit an inflection point. 🤝
Join us as we dive into our upcoming roadmap, the future of $fwb, and questions regarding our ongoing partnership ✨
Today - 2 PST ⤵️
catch us on mainstage in the discord — don't sleep 👁
Get ready for a NounsDAO takeover 🕶️
🏴☠️NFT PIRATE RADIO 🏴☠️
co-presented by
@opensea
@nounsdao
is a generative, pixel-based NFT community that creates one noun a day based on people, places, and things.🪴
Friday @ 1pm EST
Hosted by:
@NoPattern
friends (and friends of friends)
we made it into the
@newyorker
fall into an illustrative and wholistic meditation on DAOs ꩜
↳
by the one and only
@chaykak
in conversation with our snarky man
@raihan_
⛓ 𝒷𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒷𝑒𝓃𝑒𝒻𝒾𝓉𝓈 ⛓ nyc ⛓
another recap from our tokengated party
thank u 🤝
@a16z
& zero bond for the vibes + space
but thanks to all of you, most of all, for the conversations, laughs, and moments that were had ✨
Take a walk in the park and around town.
Our Product Team’s Roadmap is here.
We believe the future of product design is centered around communities and not users.
We ask ourselves — How might we build a better community experience for our friends?
In light of recent events, the community has voted to migrate to a new token - FWB Pro.
Liquidity has been removed and a snapshot of existing balances has been taken as of block height 12044997.
Balances for the new token will be shared in the next 24-48 hours.
Squads, friends, and enemies,,,, we’re back, together with our friends at
@ourzora
.
SXSXSXSW → FWBXZORA
↳ Saturday March 12th
↳ 7PM—2AM • 21+
↳ House of Medallion at Empire
↳ with support from our partners
@metamask
@scabshop
@mysterious_xyz
Line up + RSVP link on Monday
We’re aware of an ongoing situation with FWB.
All new memberships have been paused as we look to handle the issue at hand.
Our staff is working around the clock to answer questions and provide updates.
Thank you for your continued support!
The Orb comes to Feria Material, Vol. 10 next week.
In collaboration with
@worldcoin
we immerse the Orb within the discourse of Latin America’s most beloved contemporary art fair.
It’s been a long year. Feels like three in one tbh.
We wanted to take a moment on the last day of the szn to come together, do nothing, and quiet the noise.
Collective: Breath
Dec 17 ✦ 10am - 11am PST
Discord Mainstage
Tune into Discord.
Turn off your screen.
Float away.