@Dr B
All of that response is fair, and entirely valid.
You are on the inside, and can better see what is going on.
From the outside, watching CK growth as a lurker, a lot of what was happening looked to me like control mechanisms being put in place to pen the sheep in.
Facebook page. Control. CK emails. Control. CK chat room. Control.
Just looked more contrived than friendly. If your personal experience says otherwise, then cool bananas, maybe I am being over the top or unfair in my judgement.