Talk:The Libertarian Theory/@comment-26247925-20171113093109

But... the community is already decentralised. As pretty much everyone knows, it all started when Luca created the Community For Mappers, a mapping community directly separate from the Wiki. There were probably some other independent communities before his, but his was the most influential, and its effects can still be seen today.

For example, Luca and Dylan, as well as many other member of the CFM, had many subscribers, and therefore a lot of influence. Compare this to the Wiki, whose only influence comes from the Maps for Mappers page. The CFRM engaged in regular conflict with other big mappers, notably Daniel. They even influenced the creation of yet another alternative community - The Mapping Union.

The TMU and the CRFM both created Google Plus communities, which quickly became so large that I would argue that both communities were individually on par with the Wiki. That is, until they merged, of course, to create The Mapping Community, one led by Luca himself and so all encompassing and influential that the Wiki was becoming increasingly insignificant.

Of course, the TMC created enemies, such as Romanian. They had expected Romanian to back down, but instead Romanian created his own community of friends. The TMC