"Set a nominal fee to filter community quality instantly 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"