Community
Howzus
Fair-trade coordination for crews who build together and share the upside
2/10
Tight Five
1Purpose
Why does this matter?
Lots of chat, nothing gets built.
2Principles
What truths guide you?
Contribution proof replaces social performance.
3Platform
What do you control?
Match, commit, deliver, verify, improve.
4Perspective
What do you see others don't?
Completed trades per week is truth.
5Performance
How do you know it's working?
Each trade builds the trust graph.
3/10
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5P Feedback
Pain3 / 5
Demand1 / 5
Edge2 / 5
Trend3 / 5
Conversion1 / 5
Critical Metrics
Critical Path5% / 80%
Nothing built
Critical Mass0% / 60%
Zero communities
Critical Velocity0% / 100%
$0 revenue, $0 burn
Kill Criteria
Pilot teams don't ship
After first 2 pilotsZero artifacts completed in week one
Can't recruit pilots
Month 2Fewer than 2 communities in 60 days
Revert to incumbents
After first 2 pilotsPilot teams go back to Slack/Discord within 2 weeks
Questions
What would make Howzus worth building that Slack, Discord, and Circle cannot do?
- Is fair-trade coordination a feature or a product?
- Could this reactivate as a Stackmates community primitive rather than standalone?
- Has any community explicitly asked for contribution-based reputation?