just stand around town and you might notice that while there are 20 players standing around you, each has their own linkshell. I have been in several LS and notice that there are maybe 3-10 people on at a given time. I just don't see the point in having so many linkshells when the community is this small. It would be good if SE could make the barrier higher to start a new LS so that people would be more likely to join ones that already exists. For example, if there was a 1 Million gil fee associated with starting a new LS, this would dissuade all but the most determined or rich from making new LS when they could be joining one of the hundreds that already exist.