This is unfinished / work in progress. Suggestions/feedback in the comments to this post is very welcome.

Rules

No spamming

Do not post stuff that can be considered spam. This includes:

  • Message not being relevant to the community/post.
  • The same message being repeated multiple times.
  • etc.

No advertising

Do not advertise anything unless it’s directly related to a community/post.

No automation of your account

Do not automate posting content from your account, including content generated by AI/LLM.

Be civil and discuss in good faith

Or at least try to 🤷.

Refrain from posting shock content

It might be allowed if it’s relevant to the discussion, but you must clearly mark it as NSFW and put some warning in your post/comment.

No porn

Porn is not allowed in the local communities. You can participate in / subscribe to federated porn communities though :)

Do not break rules of communities / other instances

This one is really important, please take a moment to fully understand it.
The rules you are reading right now are site-wide rules that apply to everything on https://lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org. As you might have noticed they are very lenient - which means you can post content that would be forbidden on other Lemmy instances. You also need to follow the rules of the communities your participate in (usually they are found in the sidebar of a community). Most importantly - you need to follow the rules of a federated instance if you participate in a federated community.

How do I know if a community is local or federated?

Just look at its name.
If it looks like CommunityName - this is a local community. You only need to follow the rules you are reading right now and the rules specific to that community.
If it looks like CommunityName@some.other.domain (it has the @ sign and a domain name after that) - this is a federated community. In addition to following the rules you are reading right now and the rules specific to that community, you also need to follow the rules of the instance that community belongs to. It is your responsibility to find those rules (the easiest way would probably be to visit the domain of a federated instance).

Policies

Registration

Registration requires writing an application form. Simply state there that you have read the rules and you will follow them.