(Creator of both Risas here)
"No real rules" worked just fine for years, in practice I enforced the same self-evident conduct boundaries that you have outlined here. If you have to tell someone to be civil and tolerant then that person was going to ignore the rules even if they had been communicated.
But since I stopped modding, the mod there seems to have moved beyond these boundaries without committing to any actual rules. This is totally unsurprising given the way that group of mods runs their communities, so I'm glad to see this place pop up.
For what it's worth, /r/TenForward was my first choice back on Reddit but it was taken and set private. Feels like we've come full circle!
Is there a reason for this community as opposed to Risa? Is it just another instance to talk about Star Trek, or was there some Risa drama I'm not aware of?
I just noticed Risa doesn't have an explicit no bigotry rule, so I'm all for a community with one.
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