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I imagine that one would post some kind of notice at the entrance to the venue, which would precisely explain the mapping of bracelet colors to the norms of personal interaction that they indicate; the bracelets themselves would then be piled up in baskets beneath that notice.

I think it's important to have explicit norms of permissible behavior for a few reasons:

  • The juridical function of explicit norms: Explicit norms form a bright line by which to identify malicious actors, such as, for example, an aggressive pickup artist who is willing to harass dozen

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2NancyLebovitz
One more behavior: I took a survey (which I can't find again) about hugging from behind, and everyone who answered hated it, except for a few who had a short list of people who they permitted it from. I didn't have a random or especially large sample, but the unanimity was striking.
8David_Gerard
Obligatory XKCD.
2beoShaffer
I've been in a group that tried this. It worked reasonably well for a time but the trivial inconvenience of suppling and remembering to wear the consent stickers we used led to people just not bothering with it.
4NancyLebovitz
I would tone down the purple bracelet to "the wearer may at all times be presumed to be open to all offers of intimacy or informality which are permitted at the gathering, but their refusal of specific offers is still to be taken seriously". Would this system require that the level of intimacy and informality for a gathering be made explicit?