[webwanderings]

Agree. I have once built such a space with people I knew. It was simply via a listserv. The key ingredients you describe, are accurate. I have also been part of such small communities on other platforms built specifically with these ideals. However, the problem is, they cannot sustain themselves with such ideals alone, which ultimately leads them to their demise (irrespective of the number of dedicated people it generates). The onslaught of "social media" is like a blockbuster movie which made bizzilions of dollars rendering the small budge niche movies irrelevant.

By now, the world has moved on. People now a days seem not to care much. They'd rather keep on easily dump general content onto each other via one-click whatsapp sharing, etc.