It is interesting to watch comments about this dance around the topic of barriers to entry. It wasn't exactly easy for the uninitiated to access various interne

It is interesting to watch comments about this dance around the topic of barriers to entry. It wasn't exactly easy for the uninitiated to access various internet fora in the early days and with popularity comes the bots born out of the desire to profit for little work at the expense of the community garden. The recent story about VRchat embracing anticheat DRM is another example of this, as its ascending popularity led to more scammers [0]. Does this extend to societies as well? One can think of a membrane that has selective permeability to ideas but resists antisocial actors and concepts. Alexander Bard has talked a lot about social membranics (it's a bit hard to search for). As odious as the web3 charlatanry is, I'm starting to yearn anything that raises the transaction costs for the dumbest bots. I remember reading something about new ideas with distributed moderation at some point--maybe someone can refresh my memory. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32232974 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32232974