Officially, Gaia isn't in beta, but the way it behaves I think that it still should be. It's true that it's a huge and impersonal place and normally I can never find threads that I posted in a second time around to continue a discussion. However, it seems more meaningful to join guilds that share a common interest because obviously we can chat about the same kinds of things, but also because the smaller guild communities seem to be friendlier and closer together, sort of like this place.