I know I have no say in this (and I #UseTheTools as necessary) but…do we want brands here on CoSo?
@amarand
I said yes... As I'm no longer on the other place nor have I been forever... I have no social way to contact them.
If they had to pay a larger fee monthly to help us stay active. It helps...
And as I stay in my friends feed, I wouldn't see them most of the time...
Might also lead other accounts...
Thoughts of a Dog
WeRates
To name a couple...
At least duplicate they're posts here...
Also, what happens when CoSo gets big enough to attract news companies like, say, NPR (yay!) or FOX (superboo!). Do we let them share whatever they want? Do we tag non-human broadcast accounts as such? If so, do we have a “switch” in settings to allow us to automatically hide these non-human accounts?
@amarand
What if the Boss implements a Fairness Doctrine.
Limited posts per day...
And all posts by these entities have to be Objectively True?
And non partisan?
They could pay for the editors' salary?
Strictly enforced rules...
They could be 
with no recourse...
Not saying that I wouldn't also permaBlock instantly as well...
But the town needs to grow?
It's been 7 years? How much longer can we last on The Boss's dime?
If we were 100% funded every month, I'd vote no...
Well, and CoSo has always been anti-advertising. If a company like NPR wanted to be a “contributing member” they would do so only for platform support, not for editorial priority. But yeah…not really sure how moving from a town (in your analogy) to a city would make things better, unless it helped us move the needle toward self-sufficiency. If we got a Stephen King and a million new users tomorrow and not a single one paid, would we be better off or worse?