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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by _MoveSwiftly to c/mods
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Any recommendations for generic rules?

I've been creating communities that I noticed were missing, but didn't add any rules or anything. Just focused on content creation.

Edit: I settled on this:

Rules:

  1. No bigotry: Including racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
  2. Be respectful. Everyone should feel welcome here.
  3. No NSFW content.
  4. No Ads / Spamming.
  5. Be thoughtful and helpful: even with ‘stupid’ questions. The world won’t be made better or worse by snarky comments schooling naive newcomers on Lemmy.

Feel free to use it.

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[–] DocMcStuffin 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Here's a suggestion: Rule 0: Follow Mastodon.world code of conduct.

Then add whatever you need for your community.

[–] _MoveSwiftly 3 points 2 years ago

I referred to the Code of Conduct for the join lemmy site.

[–] Barns 2 points 2 years ago

@[email protected] please can we add it to the sidebar?

[–] phil299 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a very useful thread, I think I am not the only new mod, and some basic guides like this will prove invaluable imo

[–] _MoveSwiftly 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the feedback. :)

[–] haelusnovak 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At first I found skeletal communities strange and annoying, but now I consider them to be a way to quickly get a foundation. 🦴

Do communities in a particular instance follow the rules of that instance? Maybe could copy-paste those or a link to those, if they exist? 🤔

[–] _MoveSwiftly 2 points 2 years ago

I edited the post, found some generic rules and added that. :)