The rules are not displayed in the All feed. Some specific communities are still welcoming of people who are not the topic being discussed.
When you click a post, the rules might be hidden or at the bottom of the page. Do you take the effort to read all of the rules before posting in every community on the All feed?
Do you take the time before voting, since some communities have banned down voting?
If the PM gets to make design decisions then that counts.
I know why it ends up this way, because the stupid people who complain the most don't know if they have an account or not, but the workflow that has become common is the must frustrating one for users who do know what they are doing.
It is a request in the sidebar/bottom of the page that barely anyone looks at because the vast, vast majority of community rules boil down to 'don't be an ass and no porn'.
I'm not opposed to community rules or anything, but saying it requires zero work is wrong because one has to intentionally take the time to check out and remember the rules or voluntarily block to avoid accidentally breaking the rules. It isn't a lot of work, but it is certainly more than zero.
I blocked to avoid intruding, because of my inability to keep track of community specific rules, so I hope it is successful and supportive as intended. If there was an option to set communities to read only like they are when banned that would be a neat feature.
"i really like this thing where websites will have separate “log in” & “sign up” buttons and if you click “log in” it takes you to a sign-up screen anyway so you have to click “i already have an account
I used to wonder if I clicked the wrong thing but this is so fucking common that I just assume the website is designed by idiots who can't use a single button for the same thing.
"This thing we did because some whiny group was wasting our time is costing us more time from the complaints." is a business reason to reverse a decision.
The thing is, they often have preferred skills and experience listed in addition to the so called requirements. Both being used as preferred is very confusing to anyone who doesn't know that job listings are an absolute crap fest of misleading information and the common ways to interpret what 'they really mean'.
When I click on a post out of the All or Subscribed feed I don't go to the main community page.