Feminists

dont assign motive. we will about always get it wrong.

i agree with the first three points that you have said. at the beginning of this whole "to do", i was excited for all three of those reason, making this an active forum. thank you for the reminder.

i started a thread in meta. it was locked because it does not belong in that forum. it was off another locked thread. i only did it as a fun thread. the person who locked it, pm'ed me the reason and understood i meant nothing bad by it. quite a while, an hour?, after it was locked, someone alerted on it to give me a "hidden" post. no reason, but to be an ass.

i am called out regularly on gd and other forums. because i do speak out. i put myself out there.

i have a couple three posters that follow my post, with the only contribution a snide comment. like, use your shift key.

hostility to women is growing in GD and not a single namecalling, call out, rude comment has been hidden, when it comes to sexism, from what i see.

part of being knew to the forum is not having a history of 8 years. an understanding of animosity built up and then to have a new board where there is no control at all. part of being new to du3 is not knowing posters, their styles, and way of communicating. combative? cooperative?

so though i love welcome new posters to du and to the feminist forum, and i do it regularly, i also know there might be history you do not understand.

you look and say, why arent people working together. why cant all be included. trust in the SOP.

i was told to trust that du3 would be able to combat the sexism and create a civil environment.

i am not saying this in anyway to dismiss your voice. i dont do that, i wont do that. i am giving you information.

we often say on du.... welcome, dont take anything personally and you will do fine. it can get ugly. and it can be very uniting, too.

you arent new. you have been here a lont time, havent you? maybe not a big poster. but a member, anyway. i am not going to take that stuff out addressing new posters, in case it is helpful to them. but i recognize it really does not address you.

anyway, in the shower i was thinking. the other forums (not groups because i dont know) have quite a few co hosts. so maybe i am looking at it from a perspective adn others are seeing the format of du. which i overlooked. i will look forward to hearing what others say.