In reply to @joepie91:pixie.town
I personally think it makes more sense to see the CoC as an artifact or output of the moderation/community process; a registration of common values that the community has, broadly, agreed upon. as opposed to something that drives those values

that's the moderation team's thinking as well. we want to start with an existing CoC so we don't have to re-invent everything from scratch, and will adjust it with experience. this is just one thing. we are also documenting our current practices in the "NixOS/moderation" repo (still needs more work).

another side-benefit from the CoC is that it clarifies how to report abuse as it is part of the document. Right now this isn't very discoverable IMO.

In reply to @domenkozar:matrix.org
Oh, CoC won't solve any much problems beyond establishing the norms that moderation team has been enforcing. Essentially writing down things so that implicit becomes explicit.

There are many issues having a diverse community and we can't solve them at once, but with small steps in the right direction.

It will set up boundaries. Implicit and unsaid rules only make sense for hiveminds.

As a mod of (much smaller) communities myself I know how CoC (and consequential rules) make moderation easier