The Community Life Cycle

[olefoo]

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?CommunityLifeCycle

[TrevorJ]

I particularly like the description of "The Present" That is so true in terms of people seeing reality in black and white.

[olefoo → TrevorJ]

It may also be the case that one person's declining community now overrun by memes and ego-trips is another's vibrant community in full flower where interesting people discuss the ideas of the day.