This is harsh, but I think if people can't put aside their pride and their desire to be "The One In Charge" to actually effectively achieve the thing they say they want to do, then... I don't know what to tell them. You should be aspiring to be one leader of many, not the One Important Guy Who Everyone Loves. The One Important Guy thing is exactly how these small communities fail in the long run.
I want to be crystal clear that I'm not accusing anyone, especially not anyone specific; I bring this up because EliBallard reminded me, and I've seen it before in all sorts of communities (most recently, a tumblr RP community that I almost joined and then swerved at the last minute just before it imploded, lol). At most, I'm suggesting people to check themselves.
Maybe a discussion where people can bring forth the merits and establishments in their fledgling community, followed by a poll in which nobody is allowed to select their own server? Obviously it couldn't be anonymous. I'm not quite sure how it'd be organised, but...
I want to be crystal clear that I'm not accusing anyone, especially not anyone specific; I bring this up because EliBallard reminded me, and I've seen it before in all sorts of communities (most recently, a tumblr RP community that I almost joined and then swerved at the last minute just before it imploded, lol). At most, I'm suggesting people to check themselves.
Maybe a discussion where people can bring forth the merits and establishments in their fledgling community, followed by a poll in which nobody is allowed to select their own server? Obviously it couldn't be anonymous. I'm not quite sure how it'd be organised, but...
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