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If I make a community and select 'moderators only', is that the same thing as private or will it still be visible? (self.moderators)

submitted 1 year ago by beefbaby182 to c/moderators

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I just want a sidebar to mess around with first before I make the changes to my actual community's sidebar.

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[–] beefbaby182 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So ergo no posts=nothing to see. If I just give it some random name I should be fine, I'm guessing.

[–] PriorProject 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you post, the post will be public.

If you squatted a community and didn't do anything with it I imagine you'd be at risk of:

Having someone else petition the admins to actually do something with it.
Having it removed in spam cleanups.

What would be the purpose of a community that users can't post to and mods don't post to?

[–] Aux 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To test platform features. I used to have a private sub on Reddit for this purpose so when I was modding the real subs I knew what I was doing and how.

[–] PriorProject 1 points 1 year ago

Fair enough. I'd recommend to fill out the sidebar with an explanation like this so folks understand what it's about. Good luck.