Nerd Island: Could Reddit Users Create a Real-Life Oasis?
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:52 am
For about two years now, a group of internet nerds have been trying to move together to an uninhabited island and create a "cross between a small self-sustaining community and a tourism spot." They met and have been organizing on Reddit, the vast news website known for its rage comics, anti-SOPA activism and a vibrant Men's Rights community. Anyone can create a forum on Reddit, known as a "subreddit," and today the Reddit Island subreddit has about 4,000 subscribers.
The plan is to purchase an island using funds chipped in by hundreds of Redditors. A few dozen settlers will move to the island first, living in lightweight shelters made of shipping pallets. Then—using, like, crowdsourcing or something—they'll construct a self-sustaining libertarian technopia where download speeds are high and taxes are low. Ideas have included: Permaculture, technical school, weed farms, wind farms, on-site data center, and eco-tourism.
http://gawker.com/5932987/reddit-island ... -real-life
The plan is to purchase an island using funds chipped in by hundreds of Redditors. A few dozen settlers will move to the island first, living in lightweight shelters made of shipping pallets. Then—using, like, crowdsourcing or something—they'll construct a self-sustaining libertarian technopia where download speeds are high and taxes are low. Ideas have included: Permaculture, technical school, weed farms, wind farms, on-site data center, and eco-tourism.
http://gawker.com/5932987/reddit-island ... -real-life