@evan I don't understand the poll.
"Is A more important than B" is a yes/no question, not a "mostly A" question.
The poll options are different sides of the same die. One isn't more important than another - by definition they're all different takes on the same question and equally important.
I think it's important that servers have different moderation policies because the whole point of the structure is to enable self-organizing relationships based on moderation policies that establish and enforce group culture.
As long as policies differ, federation (and lack thereof) will self-organize servers into clusters with roughly similar culture - roughly similar notions of what is and is not acceptable.
This creates social groups where people know what to expect and minimizes within-group disruption and bad behavior, while recognizing and supporting the diversity of the users' needs and expectations.
In order for this to work at all, each server must be free to determine its own moderation policy, its own acceptable behavior, and its own position on the continuum. Only then will it find the cluster that its culture fits best with.
I think there needs to be room for a wide variety of moderation policies, but I think it's most important that there not be any kind of "official policy" on the subject because otherwise (a) the self-organizing piece will fail and (b) we introduce enormous opportunities for political capture, power consolidation, and manipulation.
@Robotistry sorry you don't understand it.
I've got an explanation for why I write questions like this here:
