While conceptually I agree; that's just not scalable. The benefit of online communities is the simplicity to receive information during the working day.

One potential benefit of an online community is the ability to meet with like minded individuals in person. When talking to someone in person you need to somewhat filter what you say -- I can't believe I'm admitting that though -- hopefully our society becomes more tolerant of opinions; judging by how the majority view masks, I'm not seeing the trend shift in the right direction.

Public discussion and opinions in an uncensored online forum may help spread that to the "real" world.