Thanks for the post, Paul. I think what both myself and David Sasaki are referring to is not so much that we need to bring new people on board (although I definitely think that the awesome work that Rising Voices is doing training young people in South Africa to use blogging as a method of self-expression is very important for the long-term development of the industry) but that we need to find better ways of connecting with people outside our social circle. If that's not something you feel you should/want to do, then that is really ok – but I think there are enough people who think that as a community we need to put some collective energy into encouraging more diversity and development. And I think that arguing against that is just wrong and unfair. For those who think that the South African blogging community needs no change and should be kept as it is, then that's fine, and there should be no guilt about that. But I don't think it is constructive to argue against such initiatives because you might feel guilty or threatened. That doesn't really make sense, does it?