I was just reading a discussion on another community where the OP was complaining about a lack of NSFW content being readily available. It was really demoralizing to see him bemoaning the fact that the female/femme members of the fediverse don’t seem to be lining up to disrobe for his amusement. It’s just frustrating to see the same old boys’/men’s club atmosphere be nearly as prevalent here as it was on reddit. I had been hoping for improvement in that regard when I moved over here last month.
Reflecting on it, I may have been over-reactive to the more blatant examples I’ve seen in the past few days, in part because it popped up in a less-than-expected way. On Reddit I curated my subscriptions pretty carefully and knew going into it to expect such things in the larger forums, and I’m still adding and pruning communities here as I get a better feel for the different communities and instances.
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OP admitted that having this discussion changed their mind, which is quite mature in all fairness. Shouldn’t we encourage this openness? And why are you so bitter?
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Your response is genuinely so wonderful to see (I’m not the person you responded to btw).
This sort of respectful discourse was so incredibly rare on reddit, but seems so much more common here. It really makes being in this community so much more rewarding and pleasant. I hope it stays like this for a while.
Cheers man ✌️