I couldn't agree more. I happen to have characters in both Vix Tiramora on EC and Swordfell on Dwillight, which are on the opposite sides of the spectrum. In the former everyone has a say in everything and everything is public knowledge - it has grown in size nearly twice (from ca 20 players to almost 40 at it's peak moment). In the latter noone has a say in anything and nothing is public knowledge - every new member either pauses their character, changes the realm or leaves battlemaster entirely and even old members are mostly inactive, logging in just enough to not be deleted by inactivity mechanics.
Engaging (I spelled it wrong, I think, "engageing"? "enganging"?) everyone in as much as possible is better than centrally controlling everything without a single word to realm at large. QED
