Sean@lemmy.world to Lemmy Moderators@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIf I make a community and select 'moderators only', is that the same thing as private or will it still be visible?message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareIf I make a community and select 'moderators only', is that the same thing as private or will it still be visible?Sean@lemmy.world to Lemmy Moderators@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
I just want a sidebar to mess around with first before I make the changes to my actual community’s sidebar.
minus-squareGamerBoy705@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoModerators only means that only moderators are able to create new posts. Anyone can still view the community and interact with the posts/comments.
minus-squareSean@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSo ergo no posts=nothing to see. If I just give it some random name I should be fine, I’m guessing.
minus-squarePriorProject@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoIf 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?
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTo 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.
Moderators only means that only moderators are able to create new posts. Anyone can still view the community and interact with the posts/comments.
So ergo no posts=nothing to see. If I just give it some random name I should be fine, I’m guessing.
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:
What would be the purpose of a community that users can’t post to and mods don’t post to?
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.