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Please delete empty, opportunistic magazines created during the rexit (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There are a fair number of totally empty magazines created during rexit, with no threads, yet a fair number of subscribers (because the name matches a popular sub from Reddit). I clicked on one this morning, because I saw it in random magazines side bar section. No threads. Created a month ago by a user who hasn't posted a single thread or comment on Kbin.

This is like obvious scammers during a gold rush. Some people just wanted to reserve magazine names with no intention of doing anything helpful. Maybe they just wanted bragging rights by claiming to be a moderator. Maybe they think they can sell control of the magazine later. It doesn't matter to me. I just think an admin should delete these sorts of magazines. Anyone who starts a magazine should at least post a few threads. Absolute 'no effort at all' owners contribute nothing.

I just think Kbin would seem more functional and positive if the magazines that exist actually had some content.

Edit: based on a comment below, it seems that Ernest has a tentative plan in place for this sort of situation, which is great :)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (11 children)

I created a magazine hoping that people who migrated from Reddit would find a new home. I intended to moderate the magazine, just to help the community grow.

It turns out there just aren't enough participants. It would be pointless if the moderator is the only person contributing to the community.

I don't see anything worth bragging about being a moderator. I do hope there is a way to "free" the magazine name so someone else can manage it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I created two communities (both on here and Lemmy but trying to use Kbin as my Reddit replacement). What I plan on doing is leveraging the Reddit API and the Kbin API when it becomes available to mirror the posts made on Reddit until the community grows enough.

Could be a lofty goal, but that's my plan. Granted it's difficult when self-hosted videos are posted on Reddit because there's not a way to upload that to Kbin right now and I don't want to link to Reddit since the goal of many here is to migrate off Reddit.

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