Having a token brings a community together loosely with a financial stake, but composable membership holds a community together long term with social capital.

Access is discovery, permissions are responsibility, status is weight.

In Web2, membership forms around services. In Web3, services from around membership.

In Web3, no one is fighting to be at the top of the membership hierarchy because the primitives (tokens) aren't owned by any one platform.

We'll define social capital as building an allowance for trust, experimentation, and flexibility within a community. This means having a membership system that improves ownership of decisions and prevents a social fork.

Membership + Identity + Relationships will probably be the best proxy for a reputation score, which opens up the path to more creatively weighted incentives.