CANONICAL: See the Github repo version at https://github.com/near/community/blob/master/community_guidelines.md

We are a global community of developers, founders, designers, researchers, builders, thinkers, curious observers and market participants with a common interest in building a new future with decentralized technologies. Everyone comes from a different educational background and cultural context, which can create unique ideas but also occasional friction.

This document lays out the culture we're hoping to achieve, the guidelines which underly it and the mechanisms we'll use on NEAR-owned channels to enforce it.

Culture

Culture is the sum of all the subtle and not-so-subtle things a community does during the course of its engagement between members. It is almost like the unspoken rules that everyone implicitly agrees to abide by. Culture is stronger than active moderation — it is how members react to each other when no one else is watching. Every single member is a creator and defender of the community's culture!

The culture we'd like to achieve is:

  1. Welcoming — anyone should feel comfortable lurking or participating, regardless of their background or skill level.
  2. Open — all ideas should be considered on their merits and discussion should reflect open-mindedness.
  3. Inclusive — people should feel encouraged to participate in discussion or projects because we're all in this together.
  4. Appropriately Challenging — people should feel comfortable having their ideas challenged and should feel comfortable challenging the ideas of others, as long as it is in the well-intentioned search for the best solution.
  5. Respectful — No jerks or trolls. Everyone should feel treated respectfully and equally. Words and actions should be thoughtful and should not create unnecessary emotional charge. Peoples' time should also be respected.
  6. Positive and Fun — people should feel encouraged to express their fun, creative and weird side because that's what makes this journey enjoyable.

Guidelines

Culture is created over time by the actions of a group. These guidelines represent how we believe this culture becomes reality.

Please do:

  1. Be tolerant towards other’s viewpoints; respectfully disagree when opinions do not align;
  2. Treat others online as you would treat them in real life;
  3. Respect the privacy and personal information of other contributors;