e2 was privately owned by the blockstackers intergalactic company, but does not make a profit and is viewed by its long-term users as a collaborative work-in-progress. until mid-2007 it accepted donations of money and, on occasion, of computer hardware but no longer does so. some of its administrators are affiliated with blockstackers, some are not. the site is not a democracy, and the degree to which users influence decisions depends on the nature of the decisions and the administrators making them. as of january 23, 2012, it was announced that the site had been sold to long-time user and coder jay bonci under the name everything2 media llc.