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Lets make some rules (pawb.social)
submitted 3 weeks ago by green_copper@pawb.social to c/furry@pawb.social
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Since this community has (almost) no rules I think it is time to write some. As I'm not a fan of simple top-down ruling, I would like to create these rules with all of you.

Here is how it should go:

  • write a rule you propose as a top-level comment (it can be just a description of the rule or a full wording)
  • discussions about proposals happen as comment-replies; if you want to suggest a better wording, do it as a top-level comment
  • rules with the most upvotes or last controversy will be included by me (but might be reworded)
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[–] FatherPeanut@pawb.social 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

So, I'm not necessarily going to toss out a rule suggestion, rather a dynamic that I've found that I feel is worth noting.

In rules-bound communities, spaces flourish and perform the best with next to no rules. This however induces the problem of having people who speak out in ways that're unwanted. Juxtaposed to this, spaces with overbearing rules often drive users away and create a "hush-hush" zone, where organic conversation cannot truly occur. You may've seen this often with a sort of "positive vibes only" places, where everyone seems to speak with a face of ^w^ and nothing else.

I have always had a bit of a philosophy towards this after seeing several discord servers' communities, and then having a large community of own. In a nutshell, our rules performed best when boiled down to "Be good." Not everyone has a clear definition of 'good', so we tossed out a few examples, but that's all for rules on vocalizing the self. There were more, but that's just because the server was NSFW-friendly, and only had regards to that.

Not to say this approach works everywhere, but I feel openly saying that "Good rules, but minimal rules" is a good summary in a nutshell.