!policiesforall@piefed.zip

Welcome to PoliciesForAll, a community for presenting and discussing policies that can be applied broadly by anyone, anywhere, and at any level. The policies should be designed to reduce corruption, improve bottom-up power, add/improve services, reduce financial waste, etc.

“Any arrangement that doesn’t account for bad actors, isn’t a system, it’s a dream.”

Community Rules:

1. (C1) Be helpful. Collaboration and Constructive Criticism are welcome. Being an asshole is not.
2. (C2) Try to use “feeling” language. Ex. ‘I feel that this proposal will have issues with …’, ‘My understanding of the situation is …’. I find it cuts out a lot of drama and misunderstandings.
3. (C3) Policies should aim to be applicable to any group / city / location in the world.
4. (C4) Avoid AI. If you feel strongly enough about a proposal, you should be willing to spend the time to write it up.
5. (C5) Avoid discussing politicians or political active individuals (ex. Trump, Musk). There are other communities for that.
6. (C6) Discussion of political theory is acceptable, as long as it is respectful.
7. (C7) If the post is an link, please provide some context / summary / your thoughts about it.
8. (C8) Links to articles should contain the original article title. Minor edits in [square brackets] for clarity/to reduce clickbait are likely fine.
9. (C9) Provide credit / sources to others whenever possible.
   10 (C10) Label posts, if possible. Ex. [Idea] (solution in search of a problem), [Policy] (proposed solution to a problem), [Inspiration] (ex. an article), [Discussion], [Problem] (identified problem needing a solution).
10. Instance Rules Apply (listed below).

How to Implement Policy (in order of Difficulty):

1. Send an email to the local government (alt. call on phone)
2. Show up in person to city council meetings, public forums, and community events
3. Set a meeting with a local government official to discuss
4. Build coalitions to amplify your message
5. Leverage local media to amplify your voice
6. Others?

Potentially Related Communities:

• !inperson@slrpnk.net

Instance Rules (as of 20260505):

1. (I1) Remember the human! (no harassment, threats, etc.)
2. (I2) No ban evasion on Piefed.zip or on other instances.
3. (I3) No endorsement of hate speech
4. (I4) No self-advertisements or spam
5. (I5) No link-spamming
6. (I6) Bots must be proportional
7. (I7) No vote manipulation
8. (I8) No content against the law in European Union territories (Finland).
9. (I9) Any NSFW post must be tagged as NSFW.

Icon (altered): https://pngtree.com/freepng/government-icon_4769156.html

I wonder what exactly the situations violating C2 leads to are? I don't want to sound misleadingly confident.

This is a cool premise for a community!

Probably should be reworded as a suggestion rather than a rule.

sounds nice! still wonder what the negatives are tho

Nothing. They're a suggestion. I'll work on restating the list to better reflect that. Appreciate the feedback.

I may have misunderstood your comment.

If you're asking what the downsides of not using "feeling" language is, from my perspective, when a comment is just stated, the statement comes across as a statement of fact, rather than someone's understanding.

Someone's understanding of something is not always fact and by lowering the statement from a 'fact' to an 'understanding' it lowers the temperature when information counter to someone's understanding is presented.

My experience, is that it also helps start a dialogue. Example:

Person 1: "My understanding is that the government heats homes with space lasers."
Person 2: "I hadn't heard that. My understanding is that homes are heated with building heaters. Can you provide me with a source to look more into the lasers you described?"

Versus:
Person 1: "The government heats homes with space lasers."
Person 2: "You're wrong. Homes are heated with internal heaters. Where did you hear that?"

From my perspective, the first exchange is more amicable and the second more contentious and more likely to lead to insults rather than a constructive conversation.

Edit: spelling.

ah, i misunderstood the rule lol. i somehow inserted a "not" and thought it prohibited "I feel" language

i do agree it works better as a suggestion