> but it's insanely time-consuming and expensive. one of the few cases where online and offline worlds converge on a common modality to deal with common fundam

> but it's insanely time-consuming and expensive. one of the few cases where online and offline worlds converge on a common modality to deal with common fundamental inputs. you don't know the valence of a new group member until they choose to reveal it to you, when it most favors their leverage.. This (among other things) tilts the odds of successful group influence in the favor of the new comers. Freedom isn't free and all that.