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Albert Cory's avatar

> I dread to call it a decline: it’s a metamorphosis that reflects the shifting priorities of the members of the community — and naturally makes room for new communities to thrive.

Thanks. There's naturally an assumption that "we have to keep this going forever, so how do we do that?" Your answer, if I may be so bold as to rephrase, is "why? organisms are born, they get old, they die. It's natural and there's nothing wrong with it."

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truekonrads's avatar

Your closing remarks are most observant - the original community was formed to serve the needs of some group of people early on that were at a compatible stage. As these people change and acquire knowledge their needs change. It’s a bit like packing ever more people into same year of school , where advanced topics are introduced but new people need the basics

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