I think communities should be assessed on a case-by-case basis. A larger community does typically have more potential to shift in itself. Whether this is "good

I think communities should be assessed on a case-by-case basis. A larger community does typically have more potential to shift in itself. Whether this is "good" or "bad" lies in the eyes of the beholder. I think, however, that people that are insistent on keeping a community locked-down and small and who self-appoint as gatekeepers are often more destructive to a community than actual outsiders. They're usually fragile people who require a sense of value and elitism/superiority to feel good about themselves, and they exist everywhere.