"Set a small fee to filter quality Ferriss has run private communities and live events for decades and shares a consistent finding: free RSVPs produce sky-high no-show rates, while a tiny financial commitment — even one dollar — drops no-shows to "low single digits." The same principle applies to community membership: "if you have some very nominal cost, people opt in who generally want to contribute and be in an environment of positivity." The mechanism is psychological skin-in-the-game, not revenue — even a symbolic price selects for people who value the space, dramatically improving the signal-to-noise ratio without excluding anyone serious. Source: Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show, AI Q&A Solo Episode"