I will repeat this: As much as possible, we do not preemptively create rules or change things because of imaginary hypothetical scenarios. We see actual problems, and try to solve them.
Please only talk about actual, tangible problems, that can be demonstrated.
These problems can be and only be about users of the discord, their comfort, convenience, safety, and security. We don't care about anything else (there's an asterisk *️⃣ to that, I'll get to it in the end).
Example of tangible problem:
- "I am unable to find the proper channels easily, there are too many of them"
- "Users are getting confused about where to post <x> type of content"
- "A few users from <minority> reported not feeling safe"
Example of intangible problems:
- "People will be unable to find the channels easily" (no example)
- "Users may get confused"
- "This will surely make users from <minority> feel unsafe"
We may consider and think about those, but we probably can't productively act on them
Example of intangible problems we won't even consider:
- "People feel <y> about the discord"
- "The reputation of the engine/discord..."
- "Many people in my circle of friends think (and I'm friends with many professionals so it matters)"
These are issues that are not quantifiable, changes will affect them in ways that are not measurable, and they do not affect people using the discord right now. They are meaningless.
To complete, here are example of tangible problems we don't care about:
- "<corpo> needs to protect their ip so we can't post fanbase games"
- "traditionally <type of speech> is considered unprofessional" (as long as it doesn't actually impact users, it's good to do)
- "we aren't educating haters"