Oh yeah, in general I'm really pleased with the chatter (especially on G+) it's just the story-games site itself that disappoints me. In fact it's that the chatter is brisk elsewhere and silent there that makes the place feel like a clique to me -- the silence is weird and disproportionate.
I may have made up that last word -- I ate a fair amount of codeine for my back.
Storygames feels cliquish to me, too. But then so does this place and rpg.net. I think most forums are.