I have to be very careful about talking about why the subreddit even exists or we get slapped for brigading; Reddit is staunchly against anyone constructively criticizing subreddits/moderators.

And only you as a mod needs to be that careful. The users will keep going to r/tampa and antagonizing r/FreeTampa, or the opposite, as there is no rule that directly forbids regular users from doing it, only the one directed to moderators.

Pretty much the entire internet is already account-gated.

Already account-gated and increasingly human-verification-gated as well.

Its MUCH harder to powertrip on lemmy, both because the mod tools are ass, and spinning a new community isnt hard.

Do Lemmy instances also have that “no brigading” rule of Reddit that only exists for mods?

Because I think that rule contributed a lot to make mods more heavyhanded on their communities, even if they didn’t intend to.

I prefer bananas🍌. With cinnamon.