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!

  • tkcEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Hopefully your community decides to make it home here, as they sound like they would be very welcome here if they did.

    While I appreciate why you’ve done it, for your friendship group, and that it comes from a good place, I have to disagree with some of the stuff you’ve said.

    I get that it’s derived from r/London, but I actually do think LondonSocialClub is quite a generic name. London is a big place, and I’m sure there are 1000’s of Social Club based there, and many that would want to use that name for their online community.

    You said you don’t want the name to be poached, but that’s exactly what you’ve done here; poached the name. You don’t have any special right or entitlement to it here. I don’t think it’s fair to name squat.

    Again, I appreciate why you’ve done it now you’ve explained it, and maybe yours is a different case compare to some of the other empty communities, but I still don’t agree that a community should be allowed to go unmoderated.