Over a decade ago someone at Bungie had the amazing idea of giving users the ability to create and be apart of subsections on Bungie.net. We know these as groups, or chapters.
Since then, we've seen a flourishing of different communities that contributed to the strengthening of Bungie's core fanbase. We've seen awesome features come and go, built up new relationships, and we've shared countless, priceless experiences together because of these groups.
Some changes to groups have been, by most accounts, detrimental, and others have been cherished. One thing about groups and the relationship they share with the community that I've come to miss, has been the group spotlight. It's easy to find new groups, but it was encouraging to see new [i]Bungie.net[/i] communities being written about by Bungie's own, and it helped string together the community as a whole by attempting to connect everyone.
I think shining the light on off-site groups, such as YouTube uploaders and walkthrough websites is crucial to the growth of Bungie's fanbase, but not at the expense of it's own on-site communities. I would like to see, and I know many others would as well, a group-spotlight article akin to the Community Focus as we've been accustomed to in the past. Whether they be weekly or bi-weekly, I think there are only [i]good[/i] reasons to do it.
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This. I've noticed they've recently expanded their horizons to more than just Twitch streamers, but everything/everyone that has been spotlighted had nothing to do with the site.