Observation: As a person who has seen a few online communities come and go - as I am sure many on here are - it is interesting to see the 'soft' aspects of community form. The site provides the 'hard' framework, and this particular one seems very flexible, and is open, but the community is more than it's protocol.
When they are new, online communities are like a cross between a work party and an open house. It's fun to observe, and often the newness and novelty spurns quality sociality. #IMHO