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A Reminder about the Site Rules (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I thought it might be helpful to post the current site (lemmy.world) rules here to remind you nice people what they are. You can see them by following the link in the side bar.

General guidance on posting and participating:

Do not post about inflammatory, controversial subjects without a Content Warning. Ideally, you would not post about inflammatory subjects at all. However, it may be acceptable to do so in some cases, but it is never acceptable to post inflammatory content without hiding the content behind an appropriate Content Warning.
Do not post any type of nudity without a Content Warning.
Regarding Spam: We are not your free advertising platform. If you are here only to sell your products or services, you will be removed. Occasional posts of commercial links are OK, but when the vast majority of a user's posts are commercial in nature, we regard the account as a Spam account. Moderators will evaluate reports of Spam on a case by case basis.
Do not engage in name calling, ad hominem attacks, or any other uncivil behaviour. Criticize ideas, never people.
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

From what I've seen so far, it's just a broad rule they can point to if they want to remove certain content.

Essentially it's their house and we're just renting a room.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sure, but the best ruleset I've ever seen actually work is "don't make us ban you". Everyone knows where they stand with that one.

Having blanket 'rules' that are enforced at-will under the pretense that they're actual rules, like anti-loitering laws... tend to get used less-transparently and more disingenously.