This isn’t about changing the rules of the comm—they’re fine as they are. This isn’t about changing the operational parameters of the comm—also fine as they are. Nor about changing how rule-breaking prompts are reported—also fine. This isn’t about inserting the rules more often—that would be so damn annoying, inserting them into every comments page of prompts, who would do that?
This is about taking the prompts posts, as they already exist, and that 1-paragraph summary of the rules—as they already are on every prompts post (except the spoilers post)—and rewriting them into something clearer. This is about taking one paragraph and re-writing it into easy-to-scan bullet points and maybe rearranging things to move them from the middle of the posts. I have a preference for moving them to the top with a first-things-first, but moving them to the bottom also works.
You can take me to task about othering people. I’ll even rewrite Rule #3:
3. Trash allowed; garbage not allowed—don’t be a jerk except to fictional characters. No being judgemental—that includes kink shaming—but do report when rules 1 and 2 are being broken.
But that doesn’t take away from my point that things can be re-written into something clearer and that’s all this is about.
Re: Post the rules at the top of every prompt post?
This is about taking the prompts posts, as they already exist, and that 1-paragraph summary of the rules—as they already are on every prompts post (except the spoilers post)—and rewriting them into something clearer. This is about taking one paragraph and re-writing it into easy-to-scan bullet points and maybe rearranging things to move them from the middle of the posts. I have a preference for moving them to the top with a first-things-first, but moving them to the bottom also works.
You can take me to task about othering people. I’ll even rewrite Rule #3:
3. Trash allowed; garbage not allowed—don’t be a jerk except to fictional characters. No being judgemental—that includes kink shaming—but do report when rules 1 and 2 are being broken.
But that doesn’t take away from my point that things can be re-written into something clearer and that’s all this is about.