Talk:Co-Op farming/@comment-194.221.110.37-20100818112242/@comment-206.80.217.221-20100930185352

On my team, we actually designate people as "squatters" (my term) or "leeches" (their term) in the co op. These people have a reason not to plant - such as a long term crop already growing, an odd schedule where they aren't sure they'll be around to harvest ... or we are at the end of the co op and there are a few open spaces. We invite specific people in.

However, they aren't freeloaders. These same people will fill a field at the beginning of the next co op, or were MVP at the last one. We don't post the co op opening, but take the time to invite people by chat - including hand picked "squatters".

The other benefit is that these people hold those spaces, and if you need more working people the squatters will immediately jump out to make space.

You see - even the Moochers can serve a purpose!

(For the unethical bottom feeders to always mooch off the co ops with no exchange, De-Friending is the easy solution.)