In the first place all communitys around a specific software are about solving technical probles and discussing usage of this software. Second: emacs is not an

In the first place all communitys around a specific software are about solving technical probles and discussing usage of this software. Second: emacs is not an editor, it's a platform with text as it's primary interface. It's similar to webbrowsers. So by it's nature there are many usage cases and technical problems to discuss with emacs. Thus, the community us quite vibrant for it's small size. Third: Religion will always be where people gather long enough.