My experience was that the core demographic definitely skewed older, lefter, more West Coast than your average internet demographic; not necessarily a techie cr

My experience was that the core demographic definitely skewed older, lefter, more West Coast than your average internet demographic; not necessarily a techie crowd, but with some fairly well-known futurists and tech writers; more literary; people who did Burning Man way before it was mainstream cool; very deep in certain pop-culture areas (the Grateful Dead especially); more emphasis on meeting with other WELLpern in person; with the periphery composed of people drawn in by the legend. The monthly membership fee discouraged the worst kind of drive-by trolling; which was good. Still very bitter flamewars, and rivalries running for years sometimes.