March 10th, 2022
2022 年 3 月 10 日
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<aside> ☝ 扁平化的 DAO：参与度的峰谷
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The short history of DAOs began with a mantra that DAOs are flat organizations. While much of the lore of “flat” DAOs resides on Twitter, esteemed groups have made serious efforts to foster DAOs that have no formal hierarchy and have equal participation among contributors. These DAOs are collectives: participants are free to join, vote, and add value without formal restriction. MetaCartel, an early venture capital DAO, voices this vision for DAOs: “Many future companies will be formed as DAOs, with flat hierarchies and equal participation.” Aragon, an operating system that facilitates DAO launches, envisions DAOs enabling a future where “we are equally serving and served, rather than just serving.”
<aside> ☝ DAO 的短暂历史始于一个口号，即 DAO 是扁平化的组织。尽管＂扁平＂的传说大多流于推特，但仍有一些令人肃然起敬的团体，苦心竭力地培育着无等级的、人人都能平等参与的 DAO。这些 DAO 是集体组织：参与者可以在没有正式约束的情况下，自由地加入、投票和创造价值。MetaCartel（早期风险投资 DAO）表达了这样的愿景：＂未来许多公司将成为 DAO ，采用扁平化架构、拥有平等的参与权。＂Aragon 是一个促进 DAO 发起的工具平台，它设想 DAO 能够实现一个＂我们不仅服务于人，也平等地受人服务＂的未来。
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Several DAOs operate, or strive to operate, as collectives in line with the aspirational egalitarianism of the early DAO community. No formal delegation of power is made to specific contributors, nor is any contributor crowned as having superior powers. In their idealized form, participants enter and engage with co-equals to add equal (or similar) value to the community. In a DAO that lives up to the flat hierarchical model, mutual participation and effort is crucial; otherwise, differential participation will enable those who care the most, or who have the most interest in leading the collective, to shape policy and become leaders in fact if not in name.
<aside> ☝ 一些 DAO 追随早期社区的平等主义理念，力图以集体的形式运作。既没有正式授权给特定的贡献者，也没有任何贡献者被冠以特权。以其理想化的形式，人们相互平等地参与到为社区贡献同等（或近似同等）价值的活动中。对符合扁平架构模式的 DAO 来说，群策群力至关重要；否则，参与程度的不同将使那些最关心 DAO 事务，或最热衷于领导众人的社区成员能够制定政策，变成名义上（甚至事实上）的领导者。
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Data on early DAO collectives suggest that the reality has yet to match the ideal. Without conducting forensics on the specific DAO communities, we can assess whether DAO collectives are flat using proxies for participant status and participation to reach a directional view on whether the DAO functions as a flat organization or not. Two useful data sources are Discord participation and governance participation (specifically, proposal generation and voting). For the uninitiated, Discord is the communication platform of choice for DAO组织. DAO组织 create servers on Discord that permit contributors to organize discussions within specific channels (e.g. operations, events, memes).
<aside> ☝ 早期 DAO 组织的数据表明，理想尚未变成事实。在没有针对特定社区进行取证的情况下，我们可以使用「参与者状态」和「参与度」这两项指标，来评估 DAO 的扁平化程度，以得出 DAO 是不是扁平化组织的指向性结论。所采用的数据源分别是 Discord 活跃数据和治理活动参与度数据（提案和投票）。Discord 是 DAO 的交流平台。DAO 在 Discord 上创建服务器，开设频道（如运营、活动、meme等）供贡献者组织讨论。
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Surveying the Discord participation in flat DAOs reveals a trend of exponential decay: the top few users comment at a much higher rate than any other. The chart below shows participation trends for four DAOs that aspire to have flat structures: RaidGuild, a design and development collective for Web3 products; HoneyDAO, a decentralized venture capital collective; VitaDAO, a collective of longevity scientists and enthusiast; and, LexDAO, a collective of lawyer-engineers.
<aside> ☝ Discord 活跃数据的调查结果呈现指数衰减趋势：排名最高的少数用户的发言比其他所有用户都高得多。以下图表中的数据分别来自四个以扁平化架构为建设目标的 DAO：RaidGuild，Web3 产品设计和开发组织；HoneyDAO，去中心化风险投资组织；VitaDAO，长寿科学家和爱好者组织；以及 LexDAO，律师 - 工程师组织。这些图表显示了社区成员在 Discord 上的活跃情况：
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