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It's an interesting discussion though, I also would like some online comrades to occasionally discuss things with. I guess the problem is that it would have to be really heavily moderated or gated somehow, and personally I wouldn't even be able to tell you what the rules should be or have time to enforce them.

From what I've seen in fairly successful communities, they usually function with few rules but they have a lot of gatekeeping to make sure only people who will fit manage to get in, usually through invite-only stuff, you have to have a friend who's in to get in, etc etc. Also at least for the few successful Discords I've seen, they don't ban people, they stick them in a pit channel where they can't see other channels and can only talk in the pit. From there they can either stay there till they're let out (if they even end up being let out) or they can talk in the pit and ask to be let out. It's not a perfect system, but it works a lot better than banning and usually can be used to punish rule-offenders temporarily easier.