To cite one example, the Indigo Wolves. In general, a rather decent faction proposal. It was picked apart, then torn to shreds, while the original proposer grew very upset, as would I, if I had done the research he had to put together a faction.
The injustice is that, from looking at the Official factions ingame, and in the Status thread, one can create a faction that wouldn't pass. Without creating anything new, one could model a faction on what the old greats are doing, and not get in. They could, and have, joined the server, watched some official factions, and made a group. We tear them to sheds, why? Because we've got restrictions we're not holding ourselves to. As for where they are, they generally leave the forums, if not the community as a whole. We're running people out, after they mimic what we do.
Now let me ask, if you wanted to be accepted in a new place, how would you try to fit in?