Unfortunately the name makes it seem like it’s just for ads and not asking where to post. And I am honestly surprised that you, who I think has the view of “don’t make communities with the same purpose on multiple servers, consolidate unless there is a big moderation/content philosophy difference” are cool with !newcommunities@lemmy.world and !communitypromo@lemmy.ca both existing. Is there a moderation/content philosophy difference I am not aware of? Is it that !newcommunities is only for new ones and !communitypromo allows any? I recall being able to post old communities that I revived, or that had to move instance on !newcommunities without any blowback, but that was awhile ago so perhaps they actually do have different philosophies now.

Would be an indirect way to see who gets reports, too. You know, in a way besides checking every community’s modlog. I mod a few things and am happy to say I’ve received zero reports and one mild, unintended rule-breaking behavior, so I couldn’t post anything here.