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submitted 1 year ago by GreatAlbatross to c/feddituk

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I thought this might be worth a little bit of discussion at the moment.

We've had a few communities started by existing subs on the other site, some making it clear that it's staking a claim to the same name on here in case they ever decide to move, but that they have no plans to at the moment, and will not be doing any moderating.

I have to be honest, this kinda rubs me the wrong way. It feels like hedging your bets, running one community, not running the other one, but still intending to be in charge if it takes off despite that.

If you'd like to start a community here in the same style as an existing one, that's great, go for it!
Moderate, post great content, grow!

But if you're aiming to put your name on undeveloped land, in the hope that when you come back someone will have built a farm, I'm not sure it's very helpful.

Discussion encouraged!

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[–] spacedogroy 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is an interesting point to bring up. I think in reality this squatting on a name is not an issue until the community is being actively used and moderation is required. And at that point if the moderators of the community fail to step up, we do have a path of escalation to the admin. Until that point, in reality, I don't see it as something causing trouble.

I think though if you were to have one person start land grabbing many unrelated communities with no actual intent in moderating them, that would be a different situation and more immediate action ought to be taken.