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I don't know if I'm necessarily against rule of whim any more.
It can be difficult as a founder to define exactly what you want from a space.
I guess if it's clear how it's run and the members all agree to that then I don't have a problem with it.
Not acceptable for anything you're forced to participate in though (such as countries).

>It can be difficult as a founder or admin to define exactly what you want from a space.
For example, with my planned is-ought distinction based forum: all is beliefs are allowed, that's fine; but I don't know how to specify exactly what ought beliefs should be banned.
Maybe I should just make it for is beliefs not ought beliefs at all.

The problem with personal rule though is that often you don't know the ruler as a person, so you can't guess what they are going to do very well.

This is related to a very practical political standpoint I have, and it's that you don't really know what someone's going to do until you give them the reins. Sometimes they say a bunch of stuff that's terrible and it turns out that pretty decent, other times they say a bunch of stuff that sounds great but they end up doing something completely different. Unless things are just getting insanely bad, I try not to back any politician until I've seen the sort of politician they are in action.

Of course, sometimes it's just time to vote the buggers out.