Most clans in BL have no actual purpose. The ones that have no purpose fail within days.
The ones that do have purpose tend to try to act much higher than they really are. Those clans tend to fail within weeks.
Why do some people feel like when they start their clan the best builders/eventers are going to want to join? Seriously, nobody seems to understand the concept of building a reputation. Why not try to get players with potential, and work together to advance your skills as a group?
Also, a lot of clans are very serious and a lot of clans are too silly. There is an easily attainable happy medium.
Don't make the app process a job interview, but keep some rigidity to the process.
Another thing, people never make good stuff anymore. It's always just building houses, or landscapes, or even food. Yes, there is a clan dedicated to building food. That would be a silly clan I mentioned before.
Well there's my whole rant. Discuss if you feel like it.