It is kind of a big deal when you have to halt your progress to wait for some random person in the PF to feel like helping you. It really does seem like it's meant to be a group activity, however it isn't one that had small companies in mind. I have 18 people in mine, 10 active; out of our 10, 3 of us are crafters. I'm online at night, my husband is on only on weekends, and my co-leader is only on for maybe 2 hours a day. It's really a massive inconvenience for us.