The royal society published for centuries, although I'm not sure it was review as much as paid for. But there was an element of acceptance/certification to be

The royal society published for centuries, although I'm not sure it was review as much as paid for. But there was an element of acceptance/certification to be a member I think. With the internet, everybody can publish everywhere. And we might find out that "peer review" isn't the proper metric, it's "citation/use".