* This story is reposted from an article on the WebPass website.

SNS itself is a huge community

SNS is a huge community with one service.

In addition, the SNS has conflicting elements of private and public.

Even if you want to use SNS as a private community, the community is formed by a large group of "followers", and it is not possible to divide the community by category or genre.

Therefore, if there are people among the followers who bring the public element of business to SNS, the public element will immediately enter the community.

Because the term “follower” is too broad, in fact, people who are not familiar with it, that is, “people who are not particularly close” will also join the community.

In other words, SNS is not actually a private community.

SNS should be a private community

SNS was originally conceived as a form of private community.

As I wrote in "Public WebPass, Private SNS", SNS should be separated from the public web as a private network.

The advantage of SNS is that you can easily communicate without having to go through the troublesome process of categorizing or dividing into genres.

The reason why a community can be formed with a rough grouping of "followers" is to make the most of the advantages of SNS.

However, because it is possible to bring the public element of business into SNS, the community is no longer private.

By removing public elements from SNS and turning it into a true private community, you can create a space where users can feel at ease.

Building a public community on the public web

To make SNS a completely private community, we need a public community where work colleagues and people in the same industry gather.

Thinking about real business, you can understand that the public community plays a role in facilitating business and increasing opportunities.

Naturally, it is natural to create a public community on the public web.

Unfortunately, the current public web does not have a mechanism for smooth communication like SNS.

What enables smooth communication on SNS is the account that users create on SNS.

It is precisely because there is an account that users such as posters, commenters, and followers can be identified, which enables smooth communication.

Even on the public web, if users such as posters, commenters, and followers can be identified regardless of the service, smooth communication like SNS will be possible.

And "WebPass" makes it possible.

By popularizing "WebPass", it will be possible to create a community that does not rely on a huge platform called SNS.

Anyone can create their own community anywhere they want

The reason why "WebPass" is important for a public community is that anyone can easily create a free community in their favorite genre and category using their favorite tool.

SNS is a huge community platform, and the platform has huge power.

Also, communication between SNS is basically impossible.

However, since anyone can create a community that supports "WebPass", many communities with different operators can be realized anywhere on the Web.

Moreover, communication between communities is also possible, and since the center of communication itself is "individuals", platform dependence is eliminated.

The community is completely open, so you can post your work to various communities and be assured that it is yours.

It means enabling them to grow their businesses and maximize their opportunities.

The reason why public communities have not been realized so far

Despite the fact that a public community is a wonderful way to facilitate smooth communication with colleagues and people in the same industry and expand business opportunities, it has not been realized so far, and the reason why we have relied on SNS is Something.

That's because there was no user ID that could be used in common on the public web.

In addition, although it is inconvenient, the fact that it was possible to substitute it with SNS is also a major cause.

However, "WebPass" solves this problem.

"WebPass ID" is a user ID that can be used commonly on the public Web, realizing a public community.

This makes it possible to completely separate SNS as a private community from the public community.

Please see the pitch deck for the business plan.

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This article is a reprint of "Private communities and public communities" posted in the "Thoughts of the developer" section of the WebPass website.