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For 10 years. $10 a year. The important thing is to find people committed to building great sites for the long run. If you're not willing to put in a little bit of money, then it's not for you.


One, Asking for even a dollar makes it inaccessible to a vast part of the world's population. Two, it just makes the project sound like a scam.

There are a myriad of "simple web" projects out there that do technically a "basic web like in the good ol' days", no money required, and actually have specs and implementations to show, in contrast to "a folder".

Check out https://geminiprotocol.net/. They have clients available, and even some content!


Here's some more info: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40904466

> Asking for even a dollar makes it inaccessible to a vast part of the world's population

Downloading/reading the WWS is always free. It only costs money if you want to own/build a part of it.

> Two, it just makes the project sound like a scam.

I've worked on this project for over 12 years (https://breckyunits.com/treeNotation.html). If this is a scam, I'm really bad at scams!

First the first time ever, people are now giving me money for it, which will give us the funds to expand the project to realize its potential.

> They have clients available, and even some content!

Have you tried `wws fetch pldb`?


To commit to something one has to understand what it actually is.


> To commit to something one has to understand what it actually is.

I wish I could tell you more than what's on the website there now.

Right now it's a ticket on a voyage into the unknown!




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