crypto mfs when they see a new namespace to squat

IMO a fixed $25 to create a channel is probably far *below* the socially optimal price. Many were squatted in an early speculative land grab and are now abandoned. It's much easier to create a new one than commit to curating it and building a community over the long term. 

Throwing them onchain and letting Coasean bargaining sort it out seems reckless until the concept can outcompete "squat, gamble, and speculate."

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Maybe let multiple communities have the same name (presumably their underlying IDs will be some smart contract address once decentralized and onchain), and clients can figure out who gets the URL via some sort of curation process (like pagerank or voting/staking).

Software Engineer @ Cadence Design Systems. B4: Stanford EE / Illinois ECE

I think I agree with this, there might be more than one channel namespace.