I think that unfortunately no amount of tweaking the sidebar or rules will help. People who come here and don’t realise the rules are probably jumping straight into individual threads from c/all and reacting without ever even visiting the front page of this community. You would hope that the fact the community is literally called “Women’s Stuff” would be enough to make these people reconsider jumping in to attack but here we are. I have a feeling that this is what every women-centric community has had to face on this platform so far.
Personally, it’s something that makes me still feel hesitant about chipping in with anything here, even though you’ve said non-binary people are welcome. Because there’s already enough people invading here and warping the purpose of this community, and it’s still early days with not enough activity from women yet as it is.
You’ve got something good going here though. And something that Lemmy needs. So I hope that you keep fighting off the riff raff and building this place up. Even just as a lurker, thank you for this space where I can read some good conversations with healthy insights (and pick up tips on dealing with sunscreen woes lol). It is highly appreciated.
Yep the name is a clue! They’re usually drawn to the feminist posts as well which is no surprise. We’ve been unlucky the last few days we’ve had a few anti feminist men, but usually we’ve been fine.
I respect your decision to not post, but don’t ever forget non binary are 10000% welcome 🏳️🌈🌈🏳️🌈
Thank you. Your acceptance really does mean a lot 💜 Don’t let anyone make you think you’re any less than an awesome person because it would be lies.
And yeah, at least it doesn’t seem to be a constant problem in every thread. There definitely has been a noticeable little wave of it in the last couple of days though. Maybe that’s a good sign in a way though. Means that the community is picking up steam and showing up in c/all more often. I just hope it doesn’t become too much.
I think that unfortunately no amount of tweaking the sidebar or rules will help. People who come here and don’t realise the rules are probably jumping straight into individual threads from c/all and reacting without ever even visiting the front page of this community. You would hope that the fact the community is literally called “Women’s Stuff” would be enough to make these people reconsider jumping in to attack but here we are. I have a feeling that this is what every women-centric community has had to face on this platform so far.
Personally, it’s something that makes me still feel hesitant about chipping in with anything here, even though you’ve said non-binary people are welcome. Because there’s already enough people invading here and warping the purpose of this community, and it’s still early days with not enough activity from women yet as it is.
You’ve got something good going here though. And something that Lemmy needs. So I hope that you keep fighting off the riff raff and building this place up. Even just as a lurker, thank you for this space where I can read some good conversations with healthy insights (and pick up tips on dealing with sunscreen woes lol). It is highly appreciated.
Yep the name is a clue! They’re usually drawn to the feminist posts as well which is no surprise. We’ve been unlucky the last few days we’ve had a few anti feminist men, but usually we’ve been fine.
I respect your decision to not post, but don’t ever forget non binary are 10000% welcome 🏳️🌈🌈🏳️🌈
Thank you. Your acceptance really does mean a lot 💜 Don’t let anyone make you think you’re any less than an awesome person because it would be lies.
And yeah, at least it doesn’t seem to be a constant problem in every thread. There definitely has been a noticeable little wave of it in the last couple of days though. Maybe that’s a good sign in a way though. Means that the community is picking up steam and showing up in c/all more often. I just hope it doesn’t become too much.
Me too! We’re all on top of it though, so hopefully we’ll be ok. And that’s really kind thanks ❤️