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Conegamer on 20 August 2014
Lawlight said:
Conegamer said:
I'd have to agree with starcraft here. Sexism is something that people may consider to be harmless, but that isn't always the case as you have no idea how the other person will react. Certain actions yesterday and today have shown me the reason why I was concerned about this issue beforehand and why my posting, and that of some female users (and male I suppose) dwindled for a period. There's just no real need for it and it shouldn't be tolerated, after all it is against the forum rules.

This is a site for all people of all nationalities, and also both genders. Women shouldn't need to feel pushed away for being a woman, they shouldn't have to hide behind a male profile (perhaps it is something which could be scrapped altogether), and they should be allowed to post as freely as anyone else.

Perhaps today, moderations were strict and wide-sweeping. But then again, perhaps something needed to be done in order to fix this issue before it gets even more out of hand.


So, the solution is to close whole threads?

We close threads if they end up as flame wars. We close threads if they end up trolling. We close thread if they're just spam. 

Why should we not close threads if it contains sexism? It's against the forum rules, it should be treated as such. 



 

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Lawlight on 20 August 2014
Conegamer said:
Lawlight said:
Conegamer said:
I'd have to agree with starcraft here. Sexism is something that people may consider to be harmless, but that isn't always the case as you have no idea how the other person will react. Certain actions yesterday and today have shown me the reason why I was concerned about this issue beforehand and why my posting, and that of some female users (and male I suppose) dwindled for a period. There's just no real need for it and it shouldn't be tolerated, after all it is against the forum rules.

This is a site for all people of all nationalities, and also both genders. Women shouldn't need to feel pushed away for being a woman, they shouldn't have to hide behind a male profile (perhaps it is something which could be scrapped altogether), and they should be allowed to post as freely as anyone else.

Perhaps today, moderations were strict and wide-sweeping. But then again, perhaps something needed to be done in order to fix this issue before it gets even more out of hand.


So, the solution is to close whole threads?

We close threads if they end up as flame wars. We close threads if they end up trolling. We close thread if they're just spam. 

Why should we not close threads if it contains sexism? It's against the forum rules, it should be treated as such. 


Did the whole thread end up as sexism? There's a difference? Do you close a thread just because it contains trolling? No. You only close it's just pure trolling. Same thing with spamming and flame wars.



AZWification on 20 August 2014
Mr Puggsly said:
Can we still make NSFW threads with pictures of hawt ladies?

As long as you don't post "explicit" stuff, yes!  Shit happens ( by that I mean Smeags is going to fucking kill you) if you post explicit stuff though!



                
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Captain_Tom on 20 August 2014
starcraft said:

Please remember that sexism is not permitted on these forums in any way shape or form. Mods try to recognise that sometimes people word things poorly or say things they instantly regret, but it is not acceptable to make comments insulting to individuals or genders that are predominantly or in a major way motivated by judgements based on gender.

It is perfectly possible to debate issues relating to gender (particularly in the off-topic section) without being sexist in doing so.

This is generally fairly well understood throughout the forums by the vast majority of users, but after today I thought a reminder was prudent! Keep up the positive posting!

Then you guys have a ton of names and people with sexist signatures to ban.



PwerlvlAmy on 20 August 2014

I wouldnt call it sexism, but I've been harassed twice by males on here,both times on PSN lol

first one I made a thread about and the second one was recent(tonight)which just went total fanboy on me via PSN xD

That's the sort of thing that needs to stop imo



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Mr Puggsly on 20 August 2014
PwerlvlAmy said:
I wouldnt call it sexism, but I've been harassed twice by males on here,both times on PSN lol

first one I made a thread about and the second one was recent(tonight)which just went total fanboy on me via PSN xD

That's the sort of thing that needs to stop imo

That can easily be dealt with by blocking them. Douchebaggery is here to stay.

Or just pretend you like Sony. For example, sometimes I pretend to be a liberal so people like me.



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Lawlight on 20 August 2014
PwerlvlAmy said:
I wouldnt call it sexism, but I've been harassed twice by males on here,both times on PSN lol

first one I made a thread about and the second one was recent(tonight)which just went total fanboy on me via PSN xD

That's the sort of thing that needs to stop imo


First, how do you know they were males? Second why does harassment by males need to stop as opposed to harassment period?



Mr Puggsly on 20 August 2014
Lawlight said:


First, how do you know they were males? Second why does harassment by males need to stop as opposed to harassment period?

 

Maybe because if you assume its a male you'll be right 99.9% of the time.

Lets be honest, if all males stopped harassing people on game consoles it would virtually be non-existent.

You know 94% of people in US prisions are male? That says something. I'm not sure what... but it says something...



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PwerlvlAmy on 20 August 2014
Lawlight said:
PwerlvlAmy said:
I wouldnt call it sexism, but I've been harassed twice by males on here,both times on PSN lol

first one I made a thread about and the second one was recent(tonight)which just went total fanboy on me via PSN xD

That's the sort of thing that needs to stop imo


First, how do you know they were males? Second why does harassment by males need to stop as opposed to harassment period?


Because one of them sent me their picture via PSN  for some reason and the other guy went into vulgarity about his ''D''. Also not sure what you're on about in the second question.  Where did I mention ''oh this one is more important than this one'',right, I didnt lol



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PwerlvlAmy on 20 August 2014
Mr Puggsly said:
PwerlvlAmy said:
I wouldnt call it sexism, but I've been harassed twice by males on here,both times on PSN lol

first one I made a thread about and the second one was recent(tonight)which just went total fanboy on me via PSN xD

That's the sort of thing that needs to stop imo

That can easily be dealt with by blocking them. Douchebaggery is here to stay.

Or just pretend you like Sony. For example, sometimes I pretend to be a liberal so people like me.


Oh no doubt. They were both blocked. Also I don't have to pretend to like Sony. I do like them. I also like Microsoft and Nintendo lol



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