A Conversation for Deep Thought: TMI, and How to Avoid It
And yet, we started as a sort of social media site, though not just that
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Started conversation Nov 29, 2020
Did we err by not trying to be more commercial? Well, it wasn't in the cards. The BBC saved us, and they aren't commercial in the same way Facebook is....
And yet, we started as a sort of social media site, though not just that
Researcher5 Posted Nov 30, 2020
I think "sort of" is the operative phrase there - the original intention was to create the Earth Edition of the Guide - but we recognised early on that a site where you could "work, rest and play' (an allusion to a particular chocolate bar for Researchers of a certain age,including myself!)was emerging and indeed many of the early tools we created allowed each activity - and I think that balance is one of the reasons we are still here all those years later.
And yet, we started as a sort of social media site, though not just that
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Nov 30, 2020
I hope you will still be on board in helping us continue. 
I also hope that the Holes in History stories could be published and make some money. For the writers, of course, and also for the site, though I don't know how that would be arranged.
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