c/moderators · by beefbaby182@lemmy.world · 3y

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

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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GamerBoy705@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Moderators only means that only moderators are able to create new posts. Anyone can still view the community and interact with the posts/comments.

beefbaby182@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (3 replies)

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

PriorProject@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

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@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

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@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

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