i think that’s reasonable, in fact it may be a good gauge to determine what the SN community actually wants.

One could say something like “if this post gets X sats, I’ll start a territory on Y topic.”

Of course this requires a lot of trust, and I can see how this can be gamed by new users that simply want to extract sats, but it may also provide a useful signal.

Another alternative is to set up an SN poll with a few territory ideas for people to vote on, so you have a better understanding of what people want to see before setting one up.