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The guy that did the Long Now Foundation and Whole Earth Catalog started The Well in 1985. It's now run by a group of longtime members. It's a different way t
by kristopolous 5y ago
The guy that did the Long Now Foundation and Whole Earth Catalog started The Well in 1985.
It's now run by a group of longtime members.
It's a different way to do things. Intentionally high barriers to entry protect against eternal Septembers and spam.
At a low enough fee, counterintuitively, money is a fairly decent unbiased barrier. It's unbiased in that you don't need to know someone or have specialized knowledge, just the commodity of cash. It's not perfect but it's more blind than most other artificial barriers.