In some interfaces and apps for Lemmy, the display name for a comm is not visible, so it would just show up as c/gossip. I wish there was a way to force a name change on a comm instead of just deleting it or locking it. I get the desire to want to preserve the existing comm and its subscribers. But people who were subscribed to c/gossip might just be interested in posting shit takes from Musk and Co into the Slop comm and might not be interested in talking about Taylor Swift's relationship status.

But that's why the distinction is good. c/slop is like the low effort version, where we can take obvious shit takes, regardless of who they are, and post them to catharticly point and laugh. c/pop_culture would be the place for people invested in the more interpersonal aspects of popular culture or long drawn-out dramas between people (think the Hasan vs Ethan drama for example)