RE: What do you think of Communities beta? Leave your feedback

I checked out the communities feature. I'm always a bit slow to grasp how new things work. Communities are different than tribes. Are communities more than just a group of people sharing similar tagged content to the hivemind? It looks like a person can build any community anytime they want. What happens if two people want to own the same community? What happens if a community owner becomes inactive? Is there any benefit to owning the community other than being able to pick the thumbnail?

By the way, hope I don't infringe on the comments here, but I received a message in my wallet today that was an open threat. Not sure how many others also received this.

Please REMOVE your witness vote from the downvote freek @themarkymark, he doesn't deserve to be in the top 20 witnesses! You have 24 HOURS from now to act, otherwise you will be DOWNVOTED! (Just let you know how you feel when you received downvotes) Link to remove the witness vote: https://beta.steemconnect.com/sign/account-witness-vote?witness=themarkymark&approve=0 For reasons to remove the vote, please check out this post: https://busy.org/@fuk.themarkymark/fuck-themarkymark

Who is behind these threats? Are any measures being taken? It does not appear the author posts content, so they have effectively shielded themselves from having their actions corrected.

I have been in open opposition to the recent hardfork since it was first announced. As a result of the hardfork, I believe we need another fork to add the option to retaliate against downvote abuse to curb their downvote abilities.

I do not respond to threats by giving into fear or lashing out in violent attacks. My plan is to hope my unwritten reputation with my followers and continued activity will carry me beyond the charades of blockchain terrorists.

I am a good listener if you have any comments you want to share.