Can you define "community" better?
If you mean all the features like instant messaging, sharing themed files, etc., then i think it's irrelevant, because the 95%+ of users of these networks are newbies just out to download the latest songs or whatever... they give a crap for "features" which will bring them closer together to other users of the network.
Then there's the old 80/20 rule, which states that 80% of the P2P traffic comes from 20% of the users... and if those users are the super community users, then yes... it could have bearing on the communities success.
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