Wary of this line of thinking, but I’ll concede that it’s a lot easier to moderate when there’s something written to point to for expected conduct. Seconding the other commenters that if it’s official policy then it’s more correctly dubbed guidelines rather than norms.
I’m struck by the lack any principled center or shelling point for balancing [ability to think and speak freely as the mood takes you] vs any of the thousand and one often conflicting needs for what makes a space nice/useful/safe/productive/etcetera. It seems like anyone with moderating experience ends up with some idea for a workable place to draw those lines, but it rarely seems like two people end up with exactly the same idea, and articulating it is fraught. This would really benefit from some additional thought and better framing, and is pretty central to what this forum is about (namely building effective communities around these ideas) rather than purely a moderation question.
Wary of this line of thinking, but I’ll concede that it’s a lot easier to moderate when there’s something written to point to for expected conduct. Seconding the other commenters that if it’s official policy then it’s more correctly dubbed guidelines rather than norms.
I’m struck by the lack any principled center or shelling point for balancing [ability to think and speak freely as the mood takes you] vs any of the thousand and one often conflicting needs for what makes a space nice/useful/safe/productive/etcetera. It seems like anyone with moderating experience ends up with some idea for a workable place to draw those lines, but it rarely seems like two people end up with exactly the same idea, and articulating it is fraught. This would really benefit from some additional thought and better framing, and is pretty central to what this forum is about (namely building effective communities around these ideas) rather than purely a moderation question.