Moderate without killing the vibe

Write a short guidelines doc, run a 3-strike warning ladder, train a small mod team, and keep a playbook of ready responses so tricky situations don't get improvised.

Unmoderated communities rot into spam and conflict; over-moderated ones feel like a corporate lobby nobody wants to speak in. The goal is rules only felt when someone breaks them: a short guidelines doc, a consistent 3-strike ladder, a trained mod bench, and pre-written responses to the situations you know will recur.