i don't feel like it's a hopeless situation, i think it's the exact opposite, actually
we've got all the pieces for a really great community environment, we just aren't using them correctly
between forums, wikis, and social media we've got a place to have meaningful discussions, a way to archive relevant and optimal strategies, and a way to quickly spread information and connect with each other
the problem is that the presence of the last piece makes people too lazy to maintain the former pieces
and thinking about it more, two other pieces that should be mentioned just to complete the picture are streaming and video sites which make engaging and growing the community and explaining and teaching easier respectively
but yea, i think the only problem is that people don't want or see the need to put in effort to utilize every tool