As digital communication opened up, people could build their own communities. Free from the type of monetary pressures that existed before, free from a lot of outside oversight. Many people, for instance, didn't know how to access a #BBS or even have the equipment to do so. So self-expression could be unleashed, and was.
But if there are absolutely no rules, then whenever a group gets big enough, troublemakers will show up and ruin it for everyone. 2/