Drupal-powered community system–Chris Pirillo thinks the time is now, but can the geekiness be culled?

This morning I read about Chris Pirillo’s call for an easy-to-use, Drupal-based (I think those are mutually exclusive terms, imho) community system.  I read the first few posts this morning about it (admittedly, I didn’t watch the video, though) and while I think it’s a laudable goal, I’m not sure how easily it can be pulled off.  Here are the early comments and posts:

We’re Taking an Open Direction with Web Communities: Are You In? ~ Chris Pirillo
Chris Pirillo of Lockergnome announces Drupal-powered Community Participation Platform, hackfest in Seattle | B. Mann Consulting
Chris Pirillo’s Gnomepal – Drupal For The Masses
Pirillo Starts …read more