That’s the kind of thing I was asking about people’s opinions on. We could even have no limits on new, original content, but suggest a limit on reposts. Or just have a generous limit, like 5 per day.

I’ve always preferred rules simply for the sake of clarification, so everyone knows what is and is not acceptable to post, not to be more restrictive. I’m definitely leaning toward leniency and not even suggesting a so many strikes and you’re banned policy at this point, but the rules are there to let folks know why a post might get removed.

I’m also in agreement with allowing as much as possible and building up the community, if everyone else is on board. It’s not the Reddit of old where you could go to one of a half dozen other popular pick a celeb type communities. Essentially the important rules we’ve always had are in line with LemmyNSFW’s rules, such as no minors or fakes and AI altered images, and the latter since that can cause legal issues.

What do you think of the rules as they stand? I’m thinking of only banning people if they, after being warned more than once, continue to harass or insult other members and their posts, to avoid unnecessary negativity in the community. That was pretty rare, but did happen on occasion, on Reddit. Maybe if someone intentionally and repeatedly posts content against the rules also.

This isn’t an economy game, but we’ve really been off the rails lately, so I’m going to permit these for now. We need to decide as a community if we want this kind of content going forward or not. I’d like to get a couple more moderators too, but I’m going to be busy for a week, so won’t be doing much besides popping on to check in.