“This summer it was announced that the WELL, a revolutionary online community founded nearly 30 years ago, had been put up for sale by its current owner, web magazine Salon. If no buyer emerges, this historic online watering hole will likely have to close up shop. It would mark the end of an era—but no matter what happens, the WELL’s legacy will continue to live on all around us, in the rollicking conversations we enjoy every day on social networks and comment threads.”

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/08/ff_stewartbrand/3/