Cheers,

Rohit Sinha

I mean that ‘walled gardens’ in and of themselves are counter-productive to the free exchange of thoughts, ideas and opinions.

Each walled garden has a reason for why and where those walls are placed, and who gets through the gates.

But in almost all cases, they limit the exchange of wisdom, experience and knowledge – to varying extents.

All success
Dr.Mani

As an SBIer, I may be able to shed some light on the walled garden that is the SBI! forum(s).

Access to the SBI! forums is something that is a privilege given to all SBIers. It’s a place where they can help each other, discuss ideas and strategies, and so on. Naturally, it won’t be fair to make something that is only available to paid members accessible to the general public.

This is why you need “special access” to post in most sub-forums there. The sub-forums are divided into two categories, basically – for SBIers, and for 5Pillar affiliates. 5Pillar affiliates can read the posts in the SBI! sub-forums, but cannot post there.

In that sense, the walls around the SBI! forums garden are better than those around the TIMIC forum, because it’s free to become a 5Pillar affiliate, and by doing so, anyone can at least read the posts made in the SBI! forums. Does the TIMIC forum allow that? Can anyone read the posts made in that forum, and only need special access if they want to post something or ask a question?

Cheers,

Rohit Sinha

Entry barriers could be viewed as ‘Walls’, true.

However, the forum I mentioned – The Internet Marketing Inner Circle – is one of the most open minded communities online that I’ve ever had the privilege of being a part of.

‘Restricted Access’ is a different concept from the ‘Walled Gardens’ I refer to in my post. I don’t mean ‘closed communities’ so much as the limited freedom or stifling rules/guidelines that govern so many online people clusters, both free and paid.

Thanks for highlighting this important distinction, Tom.

Is that not a garden surrounded by a $497 affiliate link wall?

Just curious…

Tom