If you claim a community and immediately dip, Digg should release you of your duties. Zero-post owners are holding the platform back.

Why do users rush to claim 'high-value' community handles only to let them sit dormant?

We have 'founders' who haven't made a single post or comment on their own community—or even the entire platform—sitting on prime real estate like /youtube or /netflix. They just snagged the best community handles and dipped, never to be seen again.

Imo, it’s time to release them of their duties and let active users take over. I firmly believe "ghost communities" are ruining platform growth. Who wants to join a top-tier topic only to find a brick wall?