And there is no content for them to mod?

How can they pin non-existent posts?

How can they engage when the users don’t? Give them something to work with.

You also say people won’t want to post in these places without xyz people post where they want to, without other posts they are going to skip right over them. Gotta have content before you go flashy dude… can’t put lipstick on a pig, gotta have the pig first as well for that matter…

And what mess? They are empty lmfao, how is an empty community a mess?

What is your point here if you don’t want empty subreddits and you think there’s stuff for other people to clean up when there isn’t?