> The reason those rules are created is because at some point something happened that necessitated that rule. (Not always of course, there are dictatorial mods.)

Maybe initially, but in the community I’m talking about rules are introduced to prevent situations that might offend someone. For example, the rule warning against using the word “blind” was introduced by someone who thought it was a good thing to do in case a person with vision issues maybe got offended by it at some point in the future.

It’s a small group of people introducing the rules. Introducing a new rule brings a lot of celebration for the person’s thoughtfulness and earns a lot of praise and thanks for making the community safer. It’s turned into a meta-game in itself, much like how I feel when I navigate Stack Overflow