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 :)
@PositiveNoise I understand where you’re coming from, and when I first joined kbin I felt a bit disappointed two of the big (thousands of subscribers) magazines I joined were owned by an absentee mod.
I posted heaps in one for a bit to help get it active, and then when the mod finally showed up they just said post anything and left.
But, it seems to me that at this stage, it’s probably better for us to concentrate our energy on positively supporting the fediverse and creating content ourselves rather than focus on telling people what not to do.
I ended up making my own magazine with rules I like better. It has hardly anyone in it but that’s okay. I think we need to move away from the whole reddit culture of karmawhores and power mods.