>>> management of it deciding to push it in direction different than community wishes THAT is a fundamental and interesting (almost philosophical) question: sh

>>> management of it deciding to push it in direction different than community wishes THAT is a fundamental and interesting (almost philosophical) question: should a forum/website/media FOLLOW "community wishes" (democracy-style) or FOLLOW a vision even without traction (benevolent or bureaucratic dictatorship style) ??? BOTH are good AND bad in a way or another... * FOLLOWING COMMUNITY WISHES will ensure more and more people, but lower average quality (bazaar style) because everybody will talk about what interest him in the end... so hard to keep a focus. Moreover, community wishes is prone to forum "take over" by subgroups (think for example "extreme right" - for whatever that means, or hackers, or...) * CHARTER will ensure that a forum has a single "topic" (even a niche) but the community won't grow as much, it need strong moderation, people will regularily clash/disagree and leave about the rules... but quality will be higher (more focused and specialized)