I agree, this seems like something that will attract only a few members who are more interested in keeping medium alive for the sake of the founders dream of changing media rather than the actual "perks" of membership which seem scant.
I feel like they would be better off just putting forward their dream and then asking for member contributions the way public broadcasting used to do with their pledge drives.
I feel like they would be better off just putting forward their dream and then asking for member contributions the way public broadcasting used to do with their pledge drives.