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!
Hard agree on this. Especially if it leaves a community unmoderated, and unmoderatable due to the only mod being absent.
If you’re creating a community, you should at least be attempting to run it. Not just making a land/power grab or putting your flag in the ground for the sake of it.
I’m glad you’ve raised this here, I was wondering whether to do something similar due to https://feddit.uk/post/114858
I thought it might be a good place to start the discussion. And I think it’s good to have the discussion now, instead of in 6 months time.
Realistically…It’s not an unsolvable problem if there are unmoderated subs down the line. But the solution is not particularly pleasant (admin overrides), so it needs to have proper community discussion. And (hopefully!) avoid the situations in the first place.