Preamble: I'm a fuck up sometimes, I will probably fuck this up at some point. Call it out if I do. I'm trying my best.
Rule 1: I will always send a message when taking an action. Lemmy does not do this automatically.
Rule 2: First instance of a rule break will result in a warning. (Lets be real, no one actually reads the sidebar on a sub) (Unless of course it's really obvious like spamming ads or porn or something.)
Rule 3: Use my brain. This ties into the bad faith rule.
Rule 4: Err on the side of leniency.
So I'm adding a bad faith rule, effective in ~24 hours.
What is bad faith? Well I'm lenient, and I'm going to say it's an insult without substance. I can't mind read, so that's about as good as I can do.
Shit like "America is a shithole." is bad faith. "America has X problem, because of Y reason." is presumably in good faith. Or at least that's how I'm going to interpret it. Again, I'm going to try to use my brain a little bit here.
Also regular users get a little more leeway if they've provided substance in the past. We all get upset and comment dumb shit sometimes.
When the bad faith rule goes in effect, I'm removing the current Nazi and Fascist rule. That was a stupid rule, and never should've been made. I do consider it a fuck up of mine.
Also, for fucks sake, don't tell people to kill themselves.
Remember that we're all trying our best.