"I suspect it will be possible to create a large business with a collective identity community but it will require an unprecedented level of host-community interchange."
TL;DR You can't monetize a democracy-driven online community, but could support it with a coop model.
Just charge $1/year. Seems like you could easily run reddit on $150,000,000. You could even do a free/premium model. Free users get ads and limited number of down votes and comments per day. Paid users get no ads and unlimited comments and down votes per day.
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