Active comms? And, is growth a problem? (maybe not)

Last entry had a lot of comments, and the results of the poll surprised me. [BTW, if you found that poll interesting, you may be interested in this poll. holyschist is interested in your responses.) A clear majority (~60% at present) of the poll results cited a 'dearth of active comms' as the major factor impeding DW growth (among those who believed there was a growth issue). I was actually surprised by this stat. I expected the other options to be more popular.

So then, I ask a followup question (to those of you who checked that option last post, or who believe there is one, even if they did not cite that as the major factor):

Poll #2896

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 40

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If you believe that there is a dearth/lack of active comms on DW, what do you think is the major reason?

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Moderators who lack social capital (moderator is not high profile enough to attract an initial core group)
2 (5.0%)

Comm duplication (i.e. identical or very similar comm already flourishing on LJ)
29 (72.5%)

DW users less interested in using comms
3 (7.5%)

Moderators don't promote comms enough
1 (2.5%)

Can't crosspost to other services with comms
0 (0.0%)

More difficult to import comms
3 (7.5%)

Some other reason which I will explain in comments
2 (5.0%)

( a summary of the discussion )