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[–][deleted] 25 insightful - 2 fun25 insightful - 1 fun26 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I'd love a main site with a forum format, but we should also maintain a presence wherever we can, even Reddit. So many people, myself included, discover GC by accident when TRAs scream shut up or punch a t--- like they've won by threatening a woman in silence. Saidit's been fine mostly, the porn ban's great. The free speech aspect is a bonus as long as we're able to ban trolling. It's just kind of empty except for free speechers and conspiracy theorists. From hearsay, it looks like the hardcore undesirables are on Voat.

[–]lucretiamott 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I agree. I got shamed on spinster for continuing to use reddit, but I think why reddit was such an important space for us was it is HUGE. A lot of women are on there to look at cat pics, etc and stumble across GC ideas they never knew existed. Trans dogma is so universal at this point that many girls and women are completely unaware of the existence of our side, although it aligns with their beliefs much better. They may even think they're the only people who feel that way, and then everything clicks one they discover GC. But that's how quiet our voices are in the big scheme and why it's so important to have a presence in a mainstream forum.

I'm as excited as anyone else that GC is setting up shop elsewhere but let's not fool ourselves that it's going to be a niche echochamber and hard for people to discover it, unlike reddit where there was tons of crosspollination happening.

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I don't think it's realistic to avoid reddit if you have any hobbies or like to look at cat pics. You should totally continue using reddit with full ad-blockers on or just lurk, though they'll probably still make some money selling your data. If we don't have anyone there, how will we monitor what's happening? At least when you see it, you can defend us with an alt account. A more motivated GCer could pretend to be a man and be wherever the TRAs and misogynists are. Great point about crosspollination, I feel the same. I don't want us "othered" while TRA ideology gets the mainstream treatment when realistically, they're not.