It has no purpose because there is no purpose.

I know that sounds like a tautology, but bear with me. Without a project to rally behind, no one is going to automatically form little collectives and bang out cool stuff.

Things are either driven by one person or they are driven by multiple people after one person convinces them to participate and cajoles them into action. Someone, somewhere, has to provide the projects and the purpose. They then have to relentlessly follow through.