Rahmat Wibowo recounted a community admin responding to his request for written rules with proverbs, vague threats, and personal attacks, criticizing Indonesian professional spaces for using cultural norms over governance, in sharply critical and accusatory terms.

This is KORIKA Hammam Riza Suryadiputra Liawatimena When you ask for written rules, you deserve written rules. Not proverbs. Iwas in a community group recently where the admin threatened to remove members from all subgroups for any violation, across the board, no due process. l asked a simple question: "Is there a written rule for this? Is there onboarding for new members?” The response? A proverb. Then another proverb. Then a personal question about my relationship status, completely out of nowhere. | called it out as ad hominem. Because that is exactly what it is. This is a pattern | see too often in Indonesian professional and community spaces. When you challenge authority with logic and ask for documented policy, some leaders respond with cultural norms, vague threats, or personal attacks instead of governance. Good communities are built on written rules, not unspoken norms that only the admin gets to define in real time. Transparency is not disrespect. Asking for accountability is not rebellion. Requesting proper onboarding is basic organizational hygiene. If your community cannot survive a member asking “where are the written rules?", the problem is not the member. Build communities worth belonging to. #Leadership #CommunityBuilding #tindonesia #ProfessionalCulture #Accountability #Governance #OrganizationalCulture #TechCommunity #Linkedinindonesia #infraloka