E.g., a community of enthusiasts for some niche interest might prefer open, not free, and not safe.
Why? If they’re closed, they don’t have enough members for their niche. If they’re free, the niche will get watered down to more-casual adjacent interests and discussions. The quality of discussion will drop for the main users. And not safe because they’ll intentionally have to bully and gatekeep to maintain social norms and high expectations for level of discussion.
I can imagine a community picking one vs two.
E.g., a community of enthusiasts for some niche interest might prefer open, not free, and not safe.
Why? If they’re closed, they don’t have enough members for their niche. If they’re free, the niche will get watered down to more-casual adjacent interests and discussions. The quality of discussion will drop for the main users. And not safe because they’ll intentionally have to bully and gatekeep to maintain social norms and high expectations for level of discussion.