# Communities Need Protocols Before They Need Scale by Bryant McGill > “A community needs protocols before it needs scale. Clear expectations for conduct, participation, leadership, conflict, and removal protect the purpose from being rewritten by whoever is most disruptive. Planning for problems in advance is a form of care.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Bringing Social Media to Life Through Local Community - Livestream (Jan 2019)* ## Sources and Context - **Source:** [[livestreams/Bringing Social Media to Life Through Local Community - Livestream|Bringing Social Media to Life Through Local Community - Livestream]] — exact quotation from the developed livestream document. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/A Systems-Diagnostic Framework for Planetary-Scale Computation|A Systems-Diagnostic Framework for Planetary-Scale Computation]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Livestream:** [[livestreams/Bringing Social Media to Life Through Local Community - Livestream|Bringing Social Media to Life Through Local Community - Livestream]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Community Protocols|Community Protocols]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A community needs protocols before it needs scale. Clear expectations for conduct, participation, leadership, conflict, and removal protect the purpose from being rewritten by whoever is most disruptive. Planning for problems in advance is a form of care.” — Bryant McGill, Bringing Social Media to Life Through Local Community - Livestream (Jan 2019) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-communities-need-protocols-before-scale ```