> The earliest ISPs were exactly that: attempts to welcome and help people to join the internet. As a (mostly former) member of some old communities: it were j

> The earliest ISPs were exactly that: attempts to welcome and help people to join the internet. As a (mostly former) member of some old communities: it were just the same in the all cases, a small group of visionaries (or just a bunch of folks high on enthusiasm) which are slowly deluted by innate bureucrats and the grind of describing the same things over and over to the people who can't see the bright red "FAQ: NEWCOMERS PLEASE READ!" right in their faces.