I have little experience with online community building, but wrt keeping online communities aligned to the original vision, Duncan Sabien’s call to “make more grayspaces” might have merit.
In summary, have a 2-tiered system where a select few gatekeepers determine who gets to promote from the open tier to the higher tier, with work from the higher tier treated as exemplary for those in the open tier. You could also frame the open tier as “for those who want to promote” so you have a mandate to kick people out when they’re there for different reasons.
I have little experience with online community building, but wrt keeping online communities aligned to the original vision, Duncan Sabien’s call to “make more grayspaces” might have merit.
In summary, have a 2-tiered system where a select few gatekeepers determine who gets to promote from the open tier to the higher tier, with work from the higher tier treated as exemplary for those in the open tier. You could also frame the open tier as “for those who want to promote” so you have a mandate to kick people out when they’re there for different reasons.
Alignmentforum is already something like this.