Site Rules
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No illegal content
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Respect privacy
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No impersonation
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No manipulation or fraud
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No Hate
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No Malware distribution
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No unauthorized commercial activities
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No sabotaging community functions
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Equality of Expression
Privileges or priority in discussions based on scholarly achievements, academic qualifications, job positions, titles, or personal experiences are strictly prohibited. All voices are equally valued.
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Rights of Members
All community members possess equal rights to freely express their views, receive constructive feedback, and mutual respect. Administrative roles are solely responsible for ensuring adherence to community guidelines and managing compliance.
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Role and Title Neutrality
No official or collectively assigned roles or hierarchical titles (such as VIP, expert, moderator, etc.) are permitted, except essential administrative positions necessary to enforce community guidelines.
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Zero Tolerance for Harassment
All forms of verbal violence, insults, name-calling, disparagement, bullying, harassment, or discrimination are strictly prohibited and will result in immediate moderation actions.
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Anonymous Communication Protection
Anonymous communication and reporting channels are permitted and rigorously protected, ensuring members’ privacy and psychological safety.
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Protection of Free Expression and Autonomy
Except when rules are violated, any restriction or interference in free expression and the initiation of topics or discussion groups is strictly prohibited.
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Transparent Decision-Making
All amendments to community guidelines and decisions regarding central community topics must be determined through open voting procedures. No single member or administrator can unilaterally dictate or override community decisions.
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Collective Ownership of Content
All discussions, topics, and knowledge generated within the community are collectively owned and protected against monopolization, censorship, deliberate damage, or arbitrary deletion by individuals or subgroups.
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Decentralized Recognition and Honors
Honors and recognition within the community are mutually, voluntarily, and equitably awarded among members. Any restrictions or qualifications imposed on the giving or receiving of recognition and honors are strictly prohibited.
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Transparency and Accountability
Enforcement, execution, and amendments of community guidelines must be transparent, clearly communicated, and openly accessible to all community members, ensuring fairness, accountability, and trust.
Instead of imposing more specific rules, our community encourages, but not strictly requires, members to develop and apply skills/virtues/knowledge in the following... As an essential part of the community culture, our community encourages: empathy, openness, free expression of thoughts, sharing, active listening, giving constructive feedback (just like commenting on each other’s discussion boards and build on others' arguments), and... • Intellectual curiosity–how interested one feels when coming up or being introduced in a specific topic • Intellectual courage–the courageous intention or will that drives an individual to engage in intellectual exploration (through any means) beyond one’s knowledge or even existing findings • Intellectual humility–openness and inclusiveness of various ideas, as well as the acknowledgement of the potential of any ideas to have their merit. • Intellectual empathy–to be sympathetic towards how others derive thoughts from their beliefs and experience, it also implies that one should keep a critical eye on one’s beliefs • Intellectual integrity • Intellectual perseverance • Faith/Confidence in reason • Act justly: Have the disposition and be conscious of the necessity to consider improbable outcomes--to treat grounded positions and seemingly improbable perspectives equally with critical examination rather than ignoring them based on one’s beliefs, a strategic way to avoid cognitive biases, and a key to preserving free thoughts • Intellectual generosity*--the tendency to share ideas, knowledge, information, and give constructive feedback Reference: Paul, R., & Elder, L. (2019). The miniature guide to critical thinking concepts and tools. Rowman & Littlefield. *Tokuhama-Espinosa
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