Well, as far as I know, the way Switchknife did it was simply to invite people whose work he noticed and enjoyed, without sweating the fact that he could never notice every good writer/artist. With any venture where not everyone is invited, there inevitably will be some resentment, but I think he avoided a lot of that by never saying that it was an "elite" comm for "the best" writers and artists -- which it isn't -- just the ones he noticed and subjectively decided to invite. (It also helps that Switch is a really nice person and has never had an unkind word for anyone as far as I've seen.)

So, since a lot of the way the comm has been run is dependent on Switch's own personality and whims, it would be hard for anyone to just take the reins and go. I haven't found it particularly easy, at least. :)