You sir, are well informed.

Thanks for that link, it does help a lot.

I agree with keep things positive. but it does not make for a good rule. say now someone posts something about stage 20 loadshedding? will this get removed because its not about a sunny day and butterflies?

Perhaps the solution for that is to rather encourage Positive content to be created by the community. via a weekly event where you ask what made your week? or its Friday lets meme or stuff like that? Make post about stories about our heritage. Also remember you can champion a form of this, because what content you choose to supply the sub now will effect what future people will want to post.

IDK just adding to the mix here

I’m a mod from r/RSA and our motto is to encourage a healthy discussion even if you don’t agree with it. this allows you to see the opposite sides perspective and ultimately results in revelations to work forward. Also remember that too many rules nomatter how good the intentions are, could cause the opposite effect. a good example of this is infact what happened to r/southafrica.

overmoderation causes not only unnecessary work for mods but also creates frustration within the community. sometimes what you as a admin want goes against what the community wants and vice versa. so with this in mind really think deeply and broadly about rules that you would want to have. basic good rules are, no hate speach, no racism, no doxxing.

also things to keep in mind, is that the world of the anonymous internet there will be bad faith actor’s and they come in all forms to infiltrate your community. sometimes there goal is to soak emails so that they can sell them to advertisers, sometimes it’s spamming ads for their crypto get rich quick investments. ect ect