2026 Member Survey

Event Keys was the most-requested thing in the survey, by a wide margin.

48% of you wanted member-led local events to return. 96% said you'd attend local FWB events. 40% said you'd help organize.

Starting this month, we're reopening Event Keys with a rolling application. If you want to host a dinner, a salon, a party, a workshop, or any gathering in your city — apply. We'll provide a small budget, assets, and promotion. You bring the idea and the energy.

Beyond Event Keys, we're actively working on FWB-hosted events in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris, ETH Denver, and CDMX. If you're in any of these cities and want to be involved, reach out. And if you're in a city not on this list and want to make something happen, reach out too.

We're also restarting digital events: both member-curated gatherings and workshops focused on tech and tooling, which came through as a strong interest area in the survey.

Members want content worth reading.

58% said they'd engage with editorial and written pieces. 81% want content about technology and tools. 65% want content about creative careers.

We're rebuilding a consistent editorial voice — more curated, more original, more of a point of view. We're opening a #curation channel in Discord where you can surface things you're reading, watching, thinking about. The stuff that bubbles up there will feed into what we publish.

Think of it as bringing FEST to life year-round: a continuous cycle of editorial and programming that builds toward and flows out of the festival itself.

90% of you said you'd contribute something if the pathways existed.

We're working on making those pathways clearer. On governance specifically: we're focusing on making the process simpler. That means more structure around proposals — a clearer format, a call for proposals that helps you shape ideas into things we can actually act on. The goal is to lower the barrier to participating while making participation more meaningful.

We asked about paid membership. The responses were honest:

• 63% are open to it or persuadable — but want to see the value first
• Most prefer something under $10/month
• Some are skeptical, and that's fair

Here's the reality: for FWB to be sustainable long-term, we need a membership model. So in the coming months, we're going to revitalize what FWB membership means and explore a paid model with a grandfathering period for existing members.

What does that look like? We're building toward a platform that brings together editorial, radio, and programming — a member portal and home for FWB's cultural output. We're exploring partnerships that add tangible value: credits for services and tools, early access to products, co-creation opportunities with brands, and even participating as a DAO in governance for other organizations and protocols. We'll also pursue ecosystem grants and funding from arts and cultural institutions. Given FWB's history as a DAO and cultural organization, there are opportunities to broaden our network and create new pathways for members.

At its core, FWB sits at a unique intersection: sophisticated enough to build and ship things for itself, culturally tuned enough to shape taste, curious enough to engage with emerging tech through a critical lens. We're comfortable at the bleeding edge (not just crypto, but AI, hardware, novel interfaces, new coordination mechanisms) holding nuanced positions with curiosity and irreverence. Technology is a means, not the end. The point is what we make together.