The sad thing is, people won't do the one thing that could probably create the community or village they crave. They won't pay a fee to belong. If the busines

The sad thing is, people won't do the one thing that could probably create the community or village they crave. They won't pay a fee to belong. If the business model was a small profit - not growth - paid communities could offer a lot. One that comes to mind is the old BB The Well. It definitely had community and longevity. People want free, so they flock to the new free thing that replaces the old free thing that got bad because it either had no business model and collapsed, or the business model drives it to sell user data and eke out every dollar it can for its investors. Inevitably, the free things go bad. Sometimes, people tolerate it for a very long time, but it seems eventually they all implode.