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gaslighting
noun
gas·​light·​ing ˈgas-ˌlī-tiŋ
: psychological manipulation of a person usually over an extended period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, uncertainty of one's emotional or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator

i'd say use of the word is actually accurate here

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In responses within the thread, the OP actually sounds like they have a plan they intend to go through.

Regardless of whether this is genuine or not, the responses are hilarious (and interesting).

[META] Creating a new community is easy, but to get people on board, you need to create some content.

If you create a community, please try and populate it with content. I see a lot of new communities with 0-1 posts from the mod. That's not nearly enough to get people engaged - users are going to see that it's a ghost town and leave....

dystop OP ,
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Doesn't matter how you do it - if you can figure out how to automate it, good!

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Yes, but if you don't know what people would find interesting, neither would the first few subscribers. It's better to have at least some stuff there (even if it's all posted by you).

dystop OP ,
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Yes, this can't be stressed enough. Expect to be shouting into a void for 2-3 days. That's the price of being an early adopter!

dystop OP ,
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That's very true. For example, a general "anime" community would be better, until it gets hard to keep track of what's on the first page - after which some series could splinter off.

Its hard to get people to agree on this though. And I think the other extreme of not letting people create communities isn't the best either.

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Thanks! All i can do is try to mention it where I can, and hopefully more people will see this.

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