Online communities and ponds have at least one thing in common: they both need an inlet and an outlet to avoid becoming a cesspool. In our marketing crazed culture, we pay plenty attention to player population growth, but could is there such a thing as a healthy level of attrition too? Do developer communities attempt to prune their communities of the most toxic elements? Should they? That, plus new news on the Halo MMO front are under the microscope in today's Loading... Internet Pond Scum.
