Ovarit is just as guilty of random censorship as reddit. What happened?

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

I'm 95% certain it wasn't rhetorical based on the context, but your reasoning makes sense.

I wonder if I'd get my comment removed for saying birth control can lead to a higher risk of a stroke - this is in line with what I shared about abortion (I said multiple abortions can lead to an increased risk of incompetent cervix which can lead to preterm miscarriage). I wonder if they'd treat the birth control information as "restricting reproductive rights" too. Hmm, maybe I'll keep that in my back pocket and bring it up over there one day.

Still, a woman's discussion board removing (well documented) medical info about women's procedures seems scummy.

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

No doubt medical information would be welcomed, but within an appropriate context or sub like health/medical or something (not familiar what subs they have currently). There's a difference between appearing as a "weapon" against being pro-choice, and bringing it up as an aspect of healthcare concern for women. In the ex r/gc, we had posts like that and along the lines of why men should bear equal respnsibilty on the matter, no problem.

Give them some latitude, especially as mods are putting in time and effort managing the space for free.

[–]purrvana 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Understandable. I didn't mean to imply that I'd antagonize the mods, I'm sure their jobs aren't easy. It's just annoying that only certain conversations are allowed in certain spaces, and that the rules aren't necessarily applied consistently. After being censored once for a dumb reason, it just makes me less likely to engage - and I'm sure OP agrees. It's hard to have a nuanced conversation when you're removed for wrongthink. Anyway, to each their own.

[–]peregrine_throw 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I didn't mean to say you desire to antagonize the mods. It's cool, I understand how it can bum you out, but give them the benefit of the doubt that they're not simply power-tripping and that it's for "wrongthink". There's purpose to why they do what they try to do. Leave the community as an "all-think" you end up with something unfortunate like reddit's r/feminism or twox. I mentioned the voluntary work more to point out they can't do a thorough analysis for each reported complaint, then imagine a long queue on their modmail. Evals need to be as quick as possible. Don't take it personally, don't let a few hiccups turn you off from interacting with other radfems. Mods are just trying to keep it as focused as possible in a way they're capable of. Cheers.

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

give them the benefit of the doubt that they're not simply power-tripping and that it's for "wrongthink". There's purpose to why they do what they try to do. Leave the community as an "all-think" you end up with something unfortunate like reddit's r/feminism or twox

Reddit, and especially twox doesnt allow "all thoughts", they are both carefully curated, in the case of twox including some pretending men moderators.

IF the only way ovarit can stand is by obsessive micromanagement of EVERY opinion, then it doesn't deserve to.

they can't do a thorough analysis for each reported complaint, then imagine a long queue on their modmail. Evals need to be as quick as possible.

There's only one thing that non-biased, non-powerhungry mods need to do: "is this illegal"?

I shed NO sympathy for overactive nancies who get off to the ideas of their own personal mandate SILENCING other's opinions whom they don't like for whatever reason. That's NOT speech and thats doubly NOT feminism.

Save your boot licking for the pretending males who have successfully silenced women on reddit.

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

There's a difference between appearing as a "weapon" against being pro-choice, and bringing it up as an aspect of healthcare concern for women.

There are open debates, or there are dictated debates. Only one.

mods are putting in time and effort managing the space for free.

If the mods don't want to volunteer to silence disagreeing women's legal speech, then they are free to quit.

[–]ShieldMaiden 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm sure it would be fine, I've seen it acknowledged on Ovarit more than once that bc pills have a tonne of horrible side-effects including making many women suicidal, and how the bc pill has had very few improvements since it came out (and other similar criticisms of the medical establishments treatment of women/neglect of studying female anatomy/studying the effect of drugs on female physiology and only focusing on male bodies as the "default human"). There's a lot to criticize about "the pill", plenty of feminists know it and are the ones leading the criticism.