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I don’t think there’s a problem with having a sub named “aww” and a sub named “awww” or “startrek” and “star_trek” — but I think allowing each instance to create distinctly different subs with the exact same name is problematic for the reasons I previously outlined. It’s not a control issue — it should be built into the system. Just like Usenet and dns servers don’t allow entries with the same name.
I don’t think what you’re describing is technically feasible. If it worked how you describe, then when someone makes a community that instance would have to somehow go and ask every single other instance in existence - hey do you have this community name already? We wouldn’t be able to like, keep a database of all the existing communities everywhere.