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Great write up! There were a small number of items in the descriptions that I didn’t know what they were, for example RNG and Eurojank

Why even bother commenting without reading other comments on the page? That has been asked and answered 50 times already. Also, don’t be an asshole. Most people here have been talking about the topic, not making snide remarks

Lots of ways. If they’re interested in women-only topics then all they have to do is goto the searchbar and type “women”. And the community mods can even set the community’s post visibility to public and set the allowed commenters to approved users only. And a bunch of other possible setups too. Basically the only bad way to do it is to set the forum to public, and then tell the entirety of the fediverse they have to treat it like it’s actually set to private

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As i just wrote to another user, in terms of how forums work, it is saying it wants to be private but also public. There is no default setting for that, but there are ways to do it that achieve what you want without breaking the public/private system. For instance you can make the forum public, but set it to only allow comments from approved users.

In terms of how forums work, it is saying it wants to be private but also public. There is no default setting for that, but there are ways to do it that achieve what you want without breaking the public/private system. For instance you can make the forum public, but set it to only allow comments from approved users.

In terms of how platforms work, a forum is either set to ‘public’ for everyone, or set to ‘private’ if you want to control who interacts with a forum

No, if you don’t like how a platform works, then that’s the wrong platform for you to use.

I couldn’t be more clear in my reasoning. If you don’t want to read and reply to what I actually said, then you are the problem.

Seriously, that’s your retort? Ok fine, I’ll rephrase.

It literally requires about half of every single person currently on the fediverse to actively block it. And it requires about half of every single new person that arrives in the fediverse to learn about this group, learn about their rule, learn how to block a group, and then go ahead and block it. About half of everyone who comes here has to do that, for about half of every single new user that joins the fediverse. Forever.

The character is real, but this image isn’t a real ad from then

Which doesn’t appear in anyone’s feed, you only see that when you specifically go to that community’s page. Which is yet another clear factor in why it should be set to private instead of public

It’s an extremely simple request that literally requires zero work to honor.

It literally requires every single person currently on the fediverse to actively block it. And it requires every single new person that arrives in the fediverse to learn about this group, learn about their rule, learn how to block a group, and then go ahead and block it. Everyone who comes here has to do that, for every single new user that joins the fediverse. Forever.

There is no downside.

There are tons of downsides. All the previously mentioned work, plus all the people who post there and then get reprimanded for it, which causes unpleasant feelings, making people feel excluded from the public space of the fediverse that we want people to feel welcome at, etc i really could keep listing more downsides.

Keeping it open and easy to find means higher engagement for the community and greater visibility on a safe, inclusive space for women.

No, it’s the opposite of that. Keeping it open to people who actually aren’t supposed to engage with the content means it’s always going to be a muddled antagonistic mess.

Feels like an easy w to me.

Feels like an unforced loss for everyone to me.

I don’t like there being forums set to ‘public’ on open platforms that then say if you aren’t in a specific demographic then you aren’t allowed to comment. If you don’t want everyone to comment then set your forum to private so it doesn’t show up in everyone’s feed. Yes, you’ll have fewer people there, but they will be only the people you want.

Setting a group to public, and then telling the general public that it’s actually private, is simply incorrect, and a recipe for a muddled antagonistic mess.

Woah that’s an expensive dock! What do you need it for?

Let’s not rehash that argument. Use what works for you and let other people use what works for them. There is no right and wrong way that works for everyone

Macbook air can’t even understand

Why would she say no she doesn’t hear it all the time, and then say it’s in the top 5 things she hears? I’m sure i must be misreading this somehow

To the people who are pushing this:

Do you want everyone to start using crypto where all transactions are not controllable by you at all? Because this is how you get people to do that.

Are you saying that when parking spots are removed to create bike infrastructure, you think people don’t complain?