Even if this place will never be able to match Elftown, the way to keep people interested would be to have activities or contests that are in some ways the lifeblood of your other communities. Talking to each other is all very interesting, and it's really great to meet people from all over the globe, but I think if there were some other draws this place would become more active. One can do those same things on other communities as well...

Has there been any thought of trying to set up a Linkmeet version of the Elftown Academy? It seems to me that members here would be more than qualified to work on it, if they are interested, and since this is a community of students it may draw more attention than it does on ET :) Just a thought, mind.