Finally, members and fans can partake in the combined social capital and utility value being created through issuing social or community tokens.

If DAO members could accrue reputation and receive recognition, there would be stronger incentives to maintain long-standing and positive relationships with the communities they are part of. Reputation or social standing are not themselves part of the badge, but are inferred by the viewer from seeing the badges collected by a person.

If DAO membership were represented by more specific units, decisions about the rights, permissions and powers of individual members could be differentiated.