>Building a community is a difficult endeavour even under perfect conditions, and changing the way a community works once it has been established is even more d

>Building a community is a difficult endeavour even under perfect conditions, and changing the way a community works once it has been established is even more difficult. Very interesting - a friend forwarded me a piece about another online community, The AV Club, which is quite relevant to this discussion. It looks at the nature of Community, Cliques, and Cesspool behavior. Might be a good companion, informal study to consider: https://medium.com/@LongTimeLurker1stTimePoster/the-av-club-comment-section-community-clique-or-cesspool-f9c2e3295786#.z9a2uycp1 https://medium.com/@LongTimeLurker1stTimePoster/the-av-club-...