[ajhurliman]

I think the split between "contributing" and "not contributing" is veiling a less glamorous, but possibly more pragmatic battle: new vs. old.

If they can ensure that more tickets are going to well-established camps that have been around for a long time, you'll be more likely to give tickets to people in the "right" social circles.

And that's probably an effective thing to do to maintain the social fabric. I don't think the community is getting angry about a camp's tent getting setup by 5 out of its 40 members; that's always been the norm.

[aeontech]

I think that's a bit cynical, and the fact that certain established camps are getting kicked out for misbehaviour (as per the article), and some of the bigger MV camps are getting reduced in size seems to indicate that just being "grandfathered in" is not enough. Overall this is a very hard problem with no easy solutions. I personally think the changes described in the article are likely to help with some of the issues the community has been growing concerned with.

(and, as you say, if one of the side effects is that the camps that have have been part of the culture for a long time remain able to exist and contribute, that is a good thing for the social fabric).