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[–]Terfenclaw 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

[–]DogeWalker[S] 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.

Personally, my hope is that the reddit exodus has a Dandelion effect, spreading the seeds for even more spaces, because I really don't want to spend time on reactionary sites/platforms like this one. Same problem with Spinster/Gab. But that's just my opinion.

[–]worried19 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Please join us on the new sub. It's so quiet at the moment. I don't want our conversations to die out. We were still very active on Reddit, even after we were forced to go private. I feel sure we can regroup here and build a strong community.

[–]DogeWalker[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Hi worried19! I think it's unfortunate but also hilarious that the QT/pro-trans are unlikely to leave their newly reinforced echo chamber on reddit... so I guess this site is the next best bet for a debate forum. (tho I don't understand why every post on s/gcdebatesqt is tagged nsfw...?) I think the debate space is very important, so I'm willing to give it a chance anywhere it can be hosted.

[–]worried19 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

At least three of our regular QT posters declined to follow us here, that I know of, but more because they don't like the association of this site.

As for the NSFW thing, I'm going to ask Elly (formerly eiellie) about that. There's no reason for us to be labeled adult content.

[–]OrneryStruggle 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

what happened with spinster?

[–]DogeWalker[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I personally don't like or understand Spinster's original decision to use the Gab platform for their site. Gab gained notoriety first as a reactionary alternative to twitter, popular with the alt-right, and the platform became notorious again when it was found that the 2018 Pittsburgh Synagogue shooter was an active Gab user. There are fediverse alternatives like Mastodon and Pleroma that seem equally viable platforms, but without that baggage. So, the decision to use Gab never sat right with me. I also think it's hypocritical that a man runs the site.

[–]OrneryStruggle 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Oh, I didn't know about any of that. A man runs spinster?

[–]DogeWalker[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes, he is the one administering the site. I think the female founder also claimed to have a tech background, so it’s unclear to me why a man should be in charge...

[–]OrneryStruggle 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Darn, that's disappointing.