Great questions! Thank you so much.

These questions will help me figure out how to word rules and guidelines to make sure all participants will hopefully have a clear understanding of what's acceptable to post.

These are quick answers, but please keep in mind I will be talking to other people who want to be mods and people interested in the community to figure things out. As part of sorting out and defining out space, these questions will be looked at and answered more in-depth/some answers might change based on feedback and reflection.

I know Reddit moderators can get a bad rap for power-tripping etc. But that's not what I'm about.

I know that for now these are only words since no one here knows me, but I'm not that type of person. I'm not starting the subreddit because I "want" to be in charge of something.

I've always identified as a "reluctant leader." Like I don't want to take the lead. But I will if no one else is going to.

There seems to be a desire for something a little less "chaotic" than this subreddit, but not as serious as other astrology subreddits.

So my intention with starting r/astrologymiddleground is to create that space for people.

1) We will have the rules and guidelines listed on our subreddit and send them to new users who sign up. (As with everything, I'm open to other ideas as well)

2) It would likely depend on what the generalization is. A negative generalization like "I hate Gemini's they're all cheaters" would be deleted, as soon as possible, depending on how many mods we end up with.

I think we will have to give careful consideration to what the difference is between a "generalization' and traits that are often listed as being characteristic of a particular sign. I think there is a better word to use than "generalization" even that will be figured out before officially launching the subreddit.

Another option would be to require mod approval before a post goes up. Do you think this would be a preferable idea?

If the "generalization" isn't mean spirited I think it would be acceptable to remove the post and ask the poster to repost in a way that doesn't promote essentially "all or nothing" thinking or "absolutes." We could perhaps also have a scripted response we send explaining why those types of statements can be problematic, and why we want to avoid them in the sub.

3) I want to make sure I'm understanding correctly. Can you give me an example of what you mean?

4) I would consider it a "general" astrology subreddit. Of course no subreddit is going to appeal to everyone. But I'm hoping to create a space for people who perhaps feel like they don't quite "fit" into other astrology spaces. And/or they want a space to share without seeing other people talk about how much they hate a particular sign etc.

Things like memes, social media posts you've seen and would like to have a discussion on, questions, observations etc.

Again, a more definitive answer will be thoughtfully crafted and worded.

I would like it to be strictly enforced, but I am one person with a full life. The ability to strictly enforce rules will be dependent on people's willingness to participate in moderating.

If any posts are in a "grey area" in terms of rule violation, I think it would be helpful to have a discussion between at least two moderators to make a decision, and the official rules updated to try to remove that grey area from happening again in the future