Message boards were born as places of online community. I remember when the BBS (bulletin board system) went viral back in my freshman year of college in the 90’s. It was too cool to be able to create a persona and chat with someone several states away. The relatively new computer labs in the dorm were always packed with waiting lists of people who chatted with others on the BBS rather than typing papers. So I get the ideal of having a specific online community to share a common interest. Lately, I’ve logged into a couple for writers. They both tend to take sides towards one way of publishing over another, and participants can feel uneasy if they side with the opposite publishing world.…