[derlvative]

I think a key problem with Reddit is that when you create a subreddit (and obtain the final say on all moderation decisions) you also get the name of the subreddit and URL forever. This means that early arrivers have the advantage of taking all the best subreddit names.

[moffkalast]

Well if you do leave it unmoderated for long, other users can appeal to admins to get control instead, assuming they have a plan on doing something with it. Not unlike a domain name in a way, just without the paywall.

[richbell]

> Well if you do leave it unmoderated for long, other users can appeal to admins to get control instead

Historically the r/RedditRequest process only considered whether the moderator was completely inactive from Reddit. There could be a dead subreddit that hadn't been touched in years or a flourishing subreddit whose top mod was completely MIA, there was nothing you could do if the top mod was still active on Reddit — even if you could prove they were just squatting.

Not unlike domain squatting.

[LiquidSky]

A very funny example of this is that r/trees was long ago set up by marijuana users to discuss pot-related topics. So later r/marijuanaenthusiasts was set up for discussion of actual trees and dendrology.