Hey all! A male supporter has offered to open a community called WomensStuffSupporters that all genders can reply to. That gives men somewhere to show support that isn’t here and also make here easier to moderate.
There’s the option to X post from one to another, which is wouldn’t want to happen automatically as some people wouldn’t like that.
What do you all think of the idea? I’ll leave this post up for a while before a decision is made.
Edit: you can message me if you don’t want to say publicly. I won’t let people know you contacted me, I’d just potentially say someone messaged saying they did/didn’t want it
I think x-posting to a mirror community where men can comment on women-only content invites many problems, but most of all it can feel like a violation of the women-only boundary this community has setup.
Imagine a woman who makes a post here, knowing it will automatically be posted to a community with men, does that not immediately raise a question of how women-only this community remains?
Instead I think supportive men and allies should participate in the other women-oriented communities, which are already inclusive, such as [email protected] and [email protected], or if none of those communities have the qualities desired, to create a new community, but not as a mirror of this one.
Broadly speaking, kiwifarms is also a community where men comment on mirred posts from other social media sites, which tells me that it’s potentially a disaster waiting to happen.
I’d live in fear of men crossposting to make fun of or criticize things I write without my knowledge.
yeah, I almost mentioned that the possibility of men x-posting and discussing women-only community posts is still there, but I figured why encourage or automate it - part of the point of a women-only community is to alleviate pressure from men, to have a space where you don’t have to deal with men’s perspectives or feel like men are going to react to your comments, and so on.
So if that’s part of the purpose of this community, x-posting every post to a mirror community where men are commenting on every woman’s post feels like a violation of that purpose.