Gregory's ServerDo you think you can easily summarize your server's rules in a flat list of bullet points?
That would make it simpler for mobile apps to display and easier for people to read
Eugen Rochko
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Mike, First of His Name
@Gargron I'm in the middle of drafting a replacement. That's a temporary thing that's been around about three years longer than intended.
Eugen Rochko
@mike Still though, you could argue if you've got a long complicated document nobody will read that prior to signing up Bullet point list might not hold all the nuance but people will actually read it It's not like the extended description is going anywhere
Mike, First of His Name
@Gargron what exactly are you proposing? You've made it sound like you'd reduce the rules to a bullet point list for new users and that's it. How about a mock-up of what you're saying? I want preamble, and some degree of clarification text in place. We know that for most people this is the one and only time they're going to look at this.
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William
@Gargron hey I really like mastodon. You need to rebrand the name. I'm not a native english speaker and it's hard to remember mastodon. Pick some common name like Too, Toot, Birdy, Crow, 🦅 eagle Something very common mastodon is hard to remember for non-native English people. I have have quit twitter with 6k fans and will move future tech communities to DApps  
Gracious Anthracite
I probably could but that would remove the very important framing of it as a list of Things That May Harsh The Admin’s Buzz. It would also remove the short TL;DR at the end that summarizes the general thrust of the rules with a bit of humor. |
@Gargron maybe an abstract form or summary, but no I don't think the full rules could be properly expressed that way, and I would not like something simplified like that presented as being the definitive terms of use.