I’ve been here for a long time fighting against the absolute dick-wavey crap this platform is. Idk if you have with other accounts, but if not:
first wave - lots of women came with during the api nonsense.
6mths later, most women driven off by a preponderance of bad behavior. Because the vast majority of commenting lemmy are shit men with shit opinions (don’t tell me I’m wrong, idgaf what you say, prove me wrong.)
Every other wave has been a repeat but with fewer women showing up each time. Because every man on this platform seems to think he has authority to speak about women’s issues, and women rightly nope the fuck out.
I genuinely wish I had some other platform to go to, I haven’t liked being here for a long time… but at least it riles me up enough for my feminist flag to fly on fire. Maybe that helps someone.
We’re in the same boat then (or just about anyway). I came here about 6 months ago and have made it a point to post more geared towards women and minorities to help bring a balance to this place.
but at least it riles me up enough for my feminist flag to fly on fire. Maybe that helps someone.
It really helps! I know I feel better when I see others chiming in and pushing back against the blatant sexism. And I’ve had people reach out to me directly to thank me for being a loud feminist here.
I remember back to the early days of Reddit and how misogynistic it was then as well. It’s still there, but there’s so many women-centered communities that are lovely now! I’m stubborn enough to sit my ass on Lemmy and make change the same way. I’ll keep an eye out for your username now :)
I’m glad that my voice helps. This account is over 3 yrs, which is OLD around here. And I’m pleased that you could go back to the day it was made and find the same sentiment I have now.
But it doesnt feel like it makes a difference. I know feminism is always an uphill battle, but it feels so pointless around here with so many faceless downvoters and all…
For a year or so early on I was actively encouraging women to find another platform. I considered joining beehaw’s new platform, but when asked about it they were kinda cagey so I just dropped it and stayed here… just… angry all the time 😩
This place isn’t that large, I recognize usernames. There’s also certain topics that will bring out the misogyny from some of the more prolific Lemmy users.
It gets my goat how leftist and progressive everyone pretends to be here only to see the most sexist shit get typed out into comments. It’s maddening.
I’ve appreciated your comments in this thread a lot <3
I’ve been here for a long time fighting against the absolute dick-wavey crap this platform is. Idk if you have with other accounts, but if not:
first wave - lots of women came with during the api nonsense.
6mths later, most women driven off by a preponderance of bad behavior. Because the vast majority of commenting lemmy are shit men with shit opinions (don’t tell me I’m wrong, idgaf what you say, prove me wrong.)
Every other wave has been a repeat but with fewer women showing up each time. Because every man on this platform seems to think he has authority to speak about women’s issues, and women rightly nope the fuck out.
I genuinely wish I had some other platform to go to, I haven’t liked being here for a long time… but at least it riles me up enough for my feminist flag to fly on fire. Maybe that helps someone.
We’re in the same boat then (or just about anyway). I came here about 6 months ago and have made it a point to post more geared towards women and minorities to help bring a balance to this place.
It really helps! I know I feel better when I see others chiming in and pushing back against the blatant sexism. And I’ve had people reach out to me directly to thank me for being a loud feminist here.
I remember back to the early days of Reddit and how misogynistic it was then as well. It’s still there, but there’s so many women-centered communities that are lovely now! I’m stubborn enough to sit my ass on Lemmy and make change the same way. I’ll keep an eye out for your username now :)
I’m glad that my voice helps. This account is over 3 yrs, which is OLD around here. And I’m pleased that you could go back to the day it was made and find the same sentiment I have now.
But it doesnt feel like it makes a difference. I know feminism is always an uphill battle, but it feels so pointless around here with so many faceless downvoters and all…
For a year or so early on I was actively encouraging women to find another platform. I considered joining beehaw’s new platform, but when asked about it they were kinda cagey so I just dropped it and stayed here… just… angry all the time 😩
It may as well be different people, no need to get that mad about people pretending
This place isn’t that large, I recognize usernames. There’s also certain topics that will bring out the misogyny from some of the more prolific Lemmy users.