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May I suggest considering what the community is supposed to be?
For example, an invite only safe space for survivors. Sharing is difficult, sharing trauma publicly perhaps more so. Should be private and invite only for survivors. Also make a mod team with governance that respects the community, up front, in writing.
If going for a forum where allies are allowed, consider the will of survivors. It's their forum. Let them decide who and what is or isn't shared, and whether open, invite or survivor invite only.
You can build 3 related communities if they choose. One for survivors, one for survivors and allies and one for survivors, allies and the public with different contributions and interactions.
Oh good idea. So, rape for Survivors, and rapeallies ? Why for the public ?
for the allies of rape
"Allies in healing", title of a book about the support provided by families. The name of community is provided by another user.
just felt like pointing out how weird a name it would be
Oh 😭 I'm confused and sorry.
Perhaps a community of survivors and or allies has dialogue and insight they want to share publicly. "I wish the public were more aware about x". Dispelling common myths for example. Sharing public information from outside sources.
For example, I heard Darun Khalel's story (trigger warning) It was a powerful example of how even someone who did all the right things before during and after has to fight a system stacked against them. I came home and told my wife and daughter about this immediately and had another discussion about safety, trusting your instincts and what to do.
Edit: also the public forum could serve as a proving ground for vetting allies before inviting them to the next tier.
Ok ! Anyway, that's a great idea ! How to call this community ? SexualAssaultInfo ?
That name definitely requires more thought.
But whyyyyy ? I do it just like Reddit.
Read "SexualAssaultInformation" as if you didn't already know anything about the community, but were just seeing the name for the first time. What is this, an instructional community? Do they have a how-to guide?
Oh ! Sorry. So, idk ? An idea of name ? "AgainstSexualAssault" ?
"SA_Victims_SupportGroup"?
I'm afraid this name'll be too long and never found in search results.
If the search algorithm is any good, it will also index the community description. That's where you put your keywords for search matching.
If the search algorithm isn't any good, then it doesn't matter what you name the community or what you put in the description because the search won't match the community to people who are actually looking for it anyway.
I think it's a good idea to only do alphanumeric characters in the name though, no special characters.
Ask them, not me.