Is there a list somewhere? Are the rules different per instance?? I see:
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Rule 1.
I see this all the time, but I don’t know what rule 1 is. (Not me by the way, though I’ve had a few comments removed here and there)
Is there somewhere I can see where these rules are?
Depends on the instance/community as it could be either site rule or community rule. Either way, they’re usually listed in the sidebar.
If you’re referring to
.ml, Rule 1 is saying anything they don’t like.Oh I figured that about .ml. I’ve hear that rule 1 is basically a vague term used to remove anything that flies in the opposite direction in their wind tunnel.
Aside from that, I’ve looked in a lot of the communities where I’ve seen removed posts and there’s almost never a list of rules. Sometimes there’s bullet points, a paragraph or two. But seldom numbered rules. So I was wondering if there was some global list of rules.
No, no global list. There’s not really a provision for that. It’s just convention for community owners and site admins to list them in the sidebar.
Snooped on the modlog, and Ask Lemmy does have its rules in the sidebar. Depending on what UI you use (and whether you’re on desktop /mobile), it may or may not be visible.
Ask Lemmy’s rule #1 is this:
Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them
On LW, their site rules are laid out in the terms of service (linked above). Usually when a submission runs afoul of those, the mod text will reference that rather than a rule number.
Awesome info! Thanks.
Wow, they specifically call out Sealioning. Rad.
Yeah, I noticed that. Makes sense given the nature of the community. Good call on the mods’ part for that.
It’s a bit more complicated than that. Basically they distort every single rule, not just rule #1. Rule #1 is specially common because they label criticism against certain governments as xenophobia, but sometimes you get “rule #4” (because you insisted on a certain point) or “rule #2” (because someone said some stupid shit and you didn’t play along).