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