Community Guidelines
These are the few agreements that keep the Guild a good place to think. They are short on purpose. The spirit matters more than the letter.
How we treat each other
- Argue ideas, not people. Disagreement is welcome and useful. Contempt is not.
- Assume good faith. Most friction is a misunderstanding before it is a fight. Read generously.
- Respect the disciplines. Someone using a different system to you is not wrong, they are running a different experiment. Stay curious about it.
- Make room for newcomers. Everyone was new once. A patient answer is worth more than a clever one.
How we post
- Public by default. Most of this community is readable by anyone, and some of it is indexed by search engines. Post as if a stranger might read it later, because they might. If something is genuinely private, keep it in the members-only categories, and even there, share with care.
- Credit your sources. When an idea, template, or method came from someone, name them and link them. We honour the thinkers we learn from. See 11 The Disciplines — Many Lenses, One Room.
- Keep it on-craft. Post where it belongs (see 08 Category Architecture). Search before you ask, then ask anyway if you are still stuck.
- No spam, no pitching. Sharing your own work is great when it helps the room. Turning the Guild into a sales channel is not. If in doubt, ask a moderator first.
Privacy and the public commons
The Guild has two layers. The public commons is open to anyone, no account needed, and search-indexable. The practice is members-only. Respect that boundary in both directions: do not paste someone’s private-category post into the open commons without their okay, and do not expect the commons to be a private space.
How moderation works
Moderation here is light and human. Think of it as someone holding the conditions for a good conversation, not policing it. If a post crosses a line, we will usually talk to you first. Repeated bad faith, harassment, or turning the place into a billboard will get you removed.
If you see something that needs attention, use the flag on the post, or message a moderator. Flags are private and we read them.
The one rule under all the rules
Help us build the third brain together, in the open, with respect. Almost everything else follows from that.
Thanks for helping keep this a place worth showing up to.
Stephan
Community Connector