(Borrowed ideas from current answers marked with [1], inspiration marked with [2], clarifying something I wrote marked with [3])
1) norms consisting of simple defined pieces, of which all or some combinations of pieces exist as “norms/normsets”.
Example pieces:
Ways to disagree: A) Saying “This is obviously wrong.” B) Asking “what am I missing?”
Spelling[1]: A) If I spelled something wrong, tell me. B) Say nothing. C) Only let me know if it really sticks out like a sore thumb and it’s not clear what I mean. D) Editing commentary takes place in an comment which just says “Errata” which D1) Only the author can make, D2) Anyone can make.
2) Comment sections come in different flavors, or sections. The author might “host”/moderate one of these, and maybe people who are interested in participating in other sections have a way of indicating it, and if there’s enough interest A) some people (number of mods based on number of people interested) who are interested in participating instead serve as moderators. B) People who are allowed to moderate (or are allowed to moderate a given norm set) can indicate their willingness to moderate a (currently) un-hosted, or insufficiently hosted, section of a post.
This one sounds complicated, and like it could go different ways itself—the OP’s idea for this sounds better (in that it’s simpler):
with the caveat that I think it’s a fine outcome for an author to write a post with one set of comment-norms, and someone who prefers other norms to write up a post titled “Discussing Bob’s Post X” that sets different norms).
Writing this made me ask “who is going to moderate normsets[3], who/how will they be chosen, and how are normsets made/who makes them?” (It also made me feel like an an economist writing about anarcho-capitalism.)
3) Outright Groups/Channels/Threads[2]. A Group is a set of people, and a set of rules for entering (invite only, anyone can enter, or “all may read, only members may comment”)
A) Groups choose a normset (and moderators?)
B) Groups come up with their own normset (and possibly the moderation—if no one (who can moderate) wants to moderate a “asshole* group”, then they either cough up moderation, or do without)
How exactly a group comes into being isn’t clear, or how they relate to each other. Everyone on the site could be in a giant group to start with, which has the option of organizing into schisms, with the possibility of the original group sticking around and operating by compromise rules.
4) People choose a normset. (Or multiple normsets.)
A) Each normset has an associated color. When you choose that normset, your name, and words, are displayed in that color. A complicated set of rules is layed out for how to talk with people based on both your colors. (Or a simple set, like “Never Talk to people with other colors.”) This is sitewide
A1) Normsets can be changed, A2) They can’t, A3) They’re algorithmically assigned.
B) Like A, except Colors are confined to a comment section.
B1) Like, except whenever someone writes their first comment in a comment section, they choose a color.
B2) People can post comments with different colors, but keep it the same for the same conversation.
B3) You can change it at any time.
[3] When I wrote this I meant “who is going to moderate comments sections of posts tagged “Normset Z”.”
The question associated with it’s literal form is still worth asking (if anyone can make norms/groups).
More complicated alternatives:
(Borrowed ideas from current answers marked with [1], inspiration marked with [2], clarifying something I wrote marked with [3])
1) norms consisting of simple defined pieces, of which all or some combinations of pieces exist as “norms/normsets”.
Example pieces:
Ways to disagree: A) Saying “This is obviously wrong.” B) Asking “what am I missing?”
Spelling[1]: A) If I spelled something wrong, tell me. B) Say nothing. C) Only let me know if it really sticks out like a sore thumb and it’s not clear what I mean. D) Editing commentary takes place in an comment which just says “Errata” which D1) Only the author can make, D2) Anyone can make.
2) Comment sections come in different flavors, or sections. The author might “host”/moderate one of these, and maybe people who are interested in participating in other sections have a way of indicating it, and if there’s enough interest A) some people (number of mods based on number of people interested) who are interested in participating instead serve as moderators. B) People who are allowed to moderate (or are allowed to moderate a given norm set) can indicate their willingness to moderate a (currently) un-hosted, or insufficiently hosted, section of a post.
This one sounds complicated, and like it could go different ways itself—the OP’s idea for this sounds better (in that it’s simpler):
Writing this made me ask “who is going to moderate normsets[3], who/how will they be chosen, and how are normsets made/who makes them?” (It also made me feel like an an economist writing about anarcho-capitalism.)
3) Outright Groups/Channels/Threads[2]. A Group is a set of people, and a set of rules for entering (invite only, anyone can enter, or “all may read, only members may comment”)
A) Groups choose a normset (and moderators?)
B) Groups come up with their own normset (and possibly the moderation—if no one (who can moderate) wants to moderate a “asshole* group”, then they either cough up moderation, or do without)
How exactly a group comes into being isn’t clear, or how they relate to each other. Everyone on the site could be in a giant group to start with, which has the option of organizing into schisms, with the possibility of the original group sticking around and operating by compromise rules.
4) People choose a normset. (Or multiple normsets.)
A) Each normset has an associated color. When you choose that normset, your name, and words, are displayed in that color. A complicated set of rules is layed out for how to talk with people based on both your colors. (Or a simple set, like “Never Talk to people with other colors.”) This is sitewide
A1) Normsets can be changed, A2) They can’t, A3) They’re algorithmically assigned.
B) Like A, except Colors are confined to a comment section.
B1) Like, except whenever someone writes their first comment in a comment section, they choose a color.
B2) People can post comments with different colors, but keep it the same for the same conversation.
B3) You can change it at any time.
[3] When I wrote this I meant “who is going to moderate comments sections of posts tagged “Normset Z”.”
The question associated with it’s literal form is still worth asking (if anyone can make norms/groups).