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by gzread 93 days ago
Necessary for this is that subforums can't have unique names. If a bad mod can squat all the words like "computers", "programming", "coding", newcomers aren't going to know the best subforum is called "RealProgNoBadMod"
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johannes1234321 93 days ago
Yes, the "important" ones need some special attention. If "democracy" where anybody can create arbitrary amount of accounts is however questionable.

The vast majority of sub forums however are more targeted and smaller to begin with.

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gzread 92 days ago
Squatting is bad no matter how niche the topic
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pixl97 92 days ago
Squatting also invites corruption and selling rights to control what is posted to a sub.
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