This seems like a good first pass of rules. I think my main concern is something like people might not read all the rules. I’d list the rules in the order that are most important to counteract things people might do-by-default without thinking. Such as:
1. Do not directly argue about anything in this thread. Instead, people should post top level comments stating a position that they think others might disagree with. Then, if you see a top-level comment that you’d like to argue, reply with an expression of interest for a one-on-one discussion of that topic, to take place in private.
...with additional rules to clarify the fine details.
So I was actually considering in-thread discussion to be a valid option—‘one-on-one’ meaning, in that case, that only two people would participate in a given subthread. If you think that’s too optimistic, I might reconsider it. But I will definitely try to make the top point clearer, maybe
Discussions are to be one-on-one. Do not jump into anyone else’s thread.
This seems like a good first pass of rules. I think my main concern is something like people might not read all the rules. I’d list the rules in the order that are most important to counteract things people might do-by-default without thinking. Such as:
1. Do not directly argue about anything in this thread. Instead, people should post top level comments stating a position that they think others might disagree with. Then, if you see a top-level comment that you’d like to argue, reply with an expression of interest for a one-on-one discussion of that topic, to take place in private.
...with additional rules to clarify the fine details.
So I was actually considering in-thread discussion to be a valid option—‘one-on-one’ meaning, in that case, that only two people would participate in a given subthread. If you think that’s too optimistic, I might reconsider it. But I will definitely try to make the top point clearer, maybe
Discussions are to be one-on-one. Do not jump into anyone else’s thread.