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Preamble courtesy of Strygix:
Smugcat.moe has been conceptualized as two things. Firstly, it is a leftist webforum- a place where leftists can express and promote their views and opinions through discussions and the creation of stories and artwork based on their principles. Secondly, it is a platform meant, in and of itself, to demonstrate the viability of self-governance in communities, both online and elsewhere, and ideally to serve as a model for future self-governing communities to pattern itself off of.
However, while this is a place made by leftists and for leftists, we do want more 'moderate' individuals- liberals, the politically unaware, etc- to be part of the community. Being an open and inclusive community, of course, makes us to some degree vulnerable to invasions by hostile actors, particularly fascists. In order to prevent a takeover, and ensure that the forum is welcoming to the community we want to create, we must act to exclude fascists, bigots, and reactionaries from the forum, a measure that the community, when asked, was entirely (100%) in favor of.
In order to appropriately moderate the forums, of course, we need a set of rules and community guidelines by which to moderate- and these rules must reflect both the mission of the forums, and the will of the community. As such, we are putting forward a few general rules for the userbase to consider, discuss, and amend as necessary, before putting the rules to a vote.
All rules will be discussed and amended until all parties are fully satisfied, but barring that, a 2/3rds majority will pass a rule, and less than that will bring the rule up for further debate and amendment.
This thread is to be used to discuss the ruleset as a whole, further threads should be opened to propose new rules that the users feel may be necessary.
Smugcat.moe has been conceptualized as two things. Firstly, it is a leftist webforum- a place where leftists can express and promote their views and opinions through discussions and the creation of stories and artwork based on their principles. Secondly, it is a platform meant, in and of itself, to demonstrate the viability of self-governance in communities, both online and elsewhere, and ideally to serve as a model for future self-governing communities to pattern itself off of.
However, while this is a place made by leftists and for leftists, we do want more 'moderate' individuals- liberals, the politically unaware, etc- to be part of the community. Being an open and inclusive community, of course, makes us to some degree vulnerable to invasions by hostile actors, particularly fascists. In order to prevent a takeover, and ensure that the forum is welcoming to the community we want to create, we must act to exclude fascists, bigots, and reactionaries from the forum, a measure that the community, when asked, was entirely (100%) in favor of.
In order to appropriately moderate the forums, of course, we need a set of rules and community guidelines by which to moderate- and these rules must reflect both the mission of the forums, and the will of the community. As such, we are putting forward a few general rules for the userbase to consider, discuss, and amend as necessary, before putting the rules to a vote.
All rules will be discussed and amended until all parties are fully satisfied, but barring that, a 2/3rds majority will pass a rule, and less than that will bring the rule up for further debate and amendment.
This thread is to be used to discuss the ruleset as a whole, further threads should be opened to propose new rules that the users feel may be necessary.
