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The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link Sold To Its Members

Posted by Soulskill on from the well-done dept.

New submitter nadaou sends this quote from the NY Times: "One of the earliest online communities, The WELL, has a new owner: its members. On Thursday evening, Salon Media Group, the previous owner of The WELL, said it had sold the community to the Well Group, a private investment group consisting of longtime members of the community, which was founded in 1985, long before the rise of the Web."

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  1. CIX - older and hopefully bigger by clickclickdrone · · Score: 4, Informative

    In the UK we still have CIX which predates the well a little and hopefully has more than 2000 members but it's a shadow of it's former glory when it counted Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett amongst its regular users.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIX/

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  2. Re:Oh no, the people owning themselves? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just so you know, the Divine Right of Kings doctrine is 180 degrees divergent from what both Christianity and Judaism teach. See the Books of Samuel as a reference. Here's the synopsis:

    Israelites: We want a king.
    God: No way. Kings screw everything up.
    Israelites: We still want a king.
    God: No way. Kings screw everything up.
    Israelites: We still want a king.
    God: OK. Here's your king. Don't say I didn't warn you.
    Israelites: This king you sent us. He screwed everything up!
    God: Oh noes! If only someone let you know ahead of time!