Well, this is an interesting example of a pay for social network that apparently has existed since 1985. 2,700 members is not that big a site in the modern internet. So if you don’t want to become a unicorn company or have wide appeal / access, it seems like it does work as a business model?
I’m vaguely intrigued but I don’t really want to put down $15 sight unseen for a month to see if the forums are even interesting. Then again, I can’t imagine they get bots at that price either. Probably very limited ads if any.
I am always excited by alternate operating plans for social media online - this one is kind of the opposite of Lemmy, but also the opposite of the major players. I guess orthogonal in reality.
BTW / OT: How do you crosspost on Lemmy?
As BBSes go (because that’s how the WELL started), 2700 active users is “holy shit” levels of success. That it’s still online nearly 40 years later is unheard of.