Churning out some rules
May. 17th, 2019 03:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppetArgh I am so bad at coming up with these rules, why did I decide to do this. *looks at all the exclusionists on Tumblr, making life hell for people who could really use some supporting instead* Oh, right. Okay, self, let's carry on, then.
1) No TERFs, SWERFs, Nazis, aphobes, exclusionists, ablists, racists, classists, or any other bigots. Relatedly, no repeating their talking points; you can reference them if your post or comment is about tearing down or facing down said bigotry, but otherwise I want to keep things more-or-less positive here.
2) Respect your fellow community members and visitors. Act in good faith, and assume good faith on their part. This means, among other things, no "gotcha" questions designed to trick people. This also means that, when calling out negative behavior, give the person a chance to own their mistake and apologize. Doubling down on their action will be counted as a rule violation, rather than honest mistakes. That said, if a person has shown a long history of repeated honest mistakes, they may be asked to do some more self-improvement before continuing to participate in the community.
3) The word "queer" is welcome here. You don't have to use it for yourself, but you are not to shame anyone else for using it. While it has been used as a slur in the past, many members of the LGBTQIAP+ community have reclaimed and embraced it, in part due to Political Lesbians/Radfems doing their best to exclude anyone who is not a lesbian cis woman from the movement. (To be 100% clear: Allo perisex cis lesbians are welcome in this community! Negative behavior, largely perpetuated by an exceptionally vocal and toxic minority of cis lesbians, is not. Please do not "Not All Lesbians" at me, as it will count as acting in/assuming bad faith, a violation of Rule 2.)
4) If you have a personal issue with another community member, try first to see if you can solve it between yourselves, off the community. Private messages are a good tool for this. If you are unable to solve the issue yourselves, then you may bring it to a moderator, who can try and help the two of you find a solution or, if that fails, set reasonable boundaries.
5) When posting images, either include an image description or note somewhere in the beginning of the post that a description is unavailable; a mod or other volunteer will then be able to provide one for you. Likewise, when posting audio material, try to include a transcript or to note whether a transcript or captions are available, so volunteers or mods can attempt to provide one.
6) Any material that includes one of the major triggers or any -isms or -phobias related to the identities of folks this community is meant to support needs to be labeled as such in the tags and put under a cut.
7) Content that is Not Safe For Work/18+ is allowed, but all posts that contain it must be age restricted and tagged to indicate it. This is not because I have anything against NSFW content (far from it), but for legal protection and to allow people to interact with such material on their own terms.
Breaking any rule besides the first will result in the following:
* First-time offense will get you a warning
* A second offense will result in a week-long ban
* A third offense will result in a two month ban
* A fourth offense will result in you being permanently banned from the community
Breaking the first rule will result in an instant perma-ban. Offenders will get one chance to prove good faith before the ban hammer comes down. This chance will include mods checking their journal and any locate-able associated social media accounts for more evidence of recent bigotry.
Okay, I think that'll hold for the moment. Any concrit is very much welcome, but please be gentle (and assume good faith), as ADHD and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria are made of terrible. I'm not going anywhere if you need to get your Hulk Smash on, but I will need a bit more time to sort myself out and get back to work. Thank you in advance!
1) No TERFs, SWERFs, Nazis, aphobes, exclusionists, ablists, racists, classists, or any other bigots. Relatedly, no repeating their talking points; you can reference them if your post or comment is about tearing down or facing down said bigotry, but otherwise I want to keep things more-or-less positive here.
2) Respect your fellow community members and visitors. Act in good faith, and assume good faith on their part. This means, among other things, no "gotcha" questions designed to trick people. This also means that, when calling out negative behavior, give the person a chance to own their mistake and apologize. Doubling down on their action will be counted as a rule violation, rather than honest mistakes. That said, if a person has shown a long history of repeated honest mistakes, they may be asked to do some more self-improvement before continuing to participate in the community.
3) The word "queer" is welcome here. You don't have to use it for yourself, but you are not to shame anyone else for using it. While it has been used as a slur in the past, many members of the LGBTQIAP+ community have reclaimed and embraced it, in part due to Political Lesbians/Radfems doing their best to exclude anyone who is not a lesbian cis woman from the movement. (To be 100% clear: Allo perisex cis lesbians are welcome in this community! Negative behavior, largely perpetuated by an exceptionally vocal and toxic minority of cis lesbians, is not. Please do not "Not All Lesbians" at me, as it will count as acting in/assuming bad faith, a violation of Rule 2.)
4) If you have a personal issue with another community member, try first to see if you can solve it between yourselves, off the community. Private messages are a good tool for this. If you are unable to solve the issue yourselves, then you may bring it to a moderator, who can try and help the two of you find a solution or, if that fails, set reasonable boundaries.
5) When posting images, either include an image description or note somewhere in the beginning of the post that a description is unavailable; a mod or other volunteer will then be able to provide one for you. Likewise, when posting audio material, try to include a transcript or to note whether a transcript or captions are available, so volunteers or mods can attempt to provide one.
6) Any material that includes one of the major triggers or any -isms or -phobias related to the identities of folks this community is meant to support needs to be labeled as such in the tags and put under a cut.
7) Content that is Not Safe For Work/18+ is allowed, but all posts that contain it must be age restricted and tagged to indicate it. This is not because I have anything against NSFW content (far from it), but for legal protection and to allow people to interact with such material on their own terms.
Breaking any rule besides the first will result in the following:
* First-time offense will get you a warning
* A second offense will result in a week-long ban
* A third offense will result in a two month ban
* A fourth offense will result in you being permanently banned from the community
Breaking the first rule will result in an instant perma-ban. Offenders will get one chance to prove good faith before the ban hammer comes down. This chance will include mods checking their journal and any locate-able associated social media accounts for more evidence of recent bigotry.
Okay, I think that'll hold for the moment. Any concrit is very much welcome, but please be gentle (and assume good faith), as ADHD and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria are made of terrible. I'm not going anywhere if you need to get your Hulk Smash on, but I will need a bit more time to sort myself out and get back to work. Thank you in advance!
