The Next Edge for the Next Edge, a community transplant?

Why aren't more conversations in our community about our community?
We have (what has the potential to be) one of the most interesting hubs/networks of people on planet earth here, but I don't see that being talked about in a self-reflexive way. I know full well that many of you see this also, I am speaking to you, and others who increasingly see our full potential.

Many have commented 'we could start a distributed consultancy'. I don't think that we are there. I think we need to create a *stronger*, *more well-formed*, *more well managed*, *more focused and intentional* community of practice. If any online group on Earth has the potential to do this right, isn't it us?

We have the depth and breadth of knowledge and experience here, the systems and design thinkers, the metacogs, the hackademy... experts (or at least the closest hing to) in every domain that we would need to construct the most well-formed, well managed, daresay collectively intelligent online community of practice to ever exist.

We have been growing the core trust networks. For many of us, familiar faces appear everywhere online, and our trust networks extend online from everyone that we've met face to face and built trust with to the people that they have met face-to-face and built trust with to the people that we've never met, but assume can not possibly be impostors/faking it because you *just can't fake it* in this community, those who don't contribute meaningfully fail to gain reputation and credibility. I had many powerful experiences of this last year, where I encountered (in-real-life) many many next edgers. I can only imagine from a systems perspective how many other encounters like this took place online and offline, and how much social capital was generated. I believe that in this way above any other, we are sitting on an immense treasure trove.

Every day here I am seeing conversations between the most incredible, distinct and remote thinkers. Most recently I enjoyed a thread between Dave Pollard and Michel Bauwens. A new era of the Next Edge may be possible, after all, 'the next edge' has been teetering on this edge for quite some time! (If I had to estimate, at least 14 months).

Chronological linearity, and non-threaded commenting.
They sound harmless enough, but I believe that *every single day* we are robbed of more beautiful outcomes by *the constraints of our platform*. I propose we mobilize a facebook exodus, a community transplant, and carry this community forward onto greater things! (If you're like me, the next edge is the only thing keeping you on facebook).

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'Ok,' says you, 'but where to?'

It seems appropriate that I make at least one proposition, although I still maintain that the most important thing we can establish is not 'how we will do it', but that we have the collective motivation to. I know that if we set our shared intention to something, there is very little we could not do.

That said, having scouted the waters of Drupal Commons I am mighty impressed, and can hardly think of a more fitting platform for the migration. With all (to my knowledge) the crucial features that facebook offers (likes/upvotes, posts, questions & answers, polls, events (which we don't use collectively here), it quickly exceeds our constraints here with rich-text posts, threaded comments, subgroups, better user and activity following, wikis, the list goes on.

What resources (of absolutely any kind) do you have to contribute to the next edge for the next edge?

(if you're in the group on facebook and want to see what's happening on the post there, here's the permalink: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120497731371323/permalink/442111609209932/ )