The general case was analysed by Clay Shirky in A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy.
[Those of us around Wikipedia reading Shirky’s article in 2004-2005 giggled in horror at Wikipedia being named as an aversion of this trope.]
Basically, every social space (in general) grows and dies. This is normal. Start new ones as the old ones go bad.
The general case was analysed by Clay Shirky in A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy.
[Those of us around Wikipedia reading Shirky’s article in 2004-2005 giggled in horror at Wikipedia being named as an aversion of this trope.]
Basically, every social space (in general) grows and dies. This is normal. Start new ones as the old ones go bad.