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[–]FediNetizenSuper-semi-bisexual (i.e. straight) 36 insightful - 2 fun36 insightful - 1 fun37 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

The weird thing is I swear I remember some TwoX post that got super upvoted several years ago (like 2014 if I had to guess) asking if trans women were allowed. I'm trying to imagine how insane someone would have sounded saying if you tolerated them they would eventually take over. Yet they would have been completely right.

There was a really insightful comment I read somewhere recently explaining why they tend to take over online groups for women and lesbians: because they tend to become community moderators, because they make the time for it, because whether they want to admit it or not, it's a fetish.

When you're an actual woman or lesbian, being such is just one aspect of your life, and just what you happen to be. You tend to have other things that need tending to, like your hobbies, your kids, etc.

But when you're male participating in these groups, being a woman or lesbian is your hobby. You enjoy it, so you make the time for it. And because you put time on, you end up moderating the community, policing women, bringing in more like-minded people that engage in more policing, and because so many of these men indulge themselves online, the communities get overrun.

[–]chupacabrawitchI'm super thanks for asking 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I never really thought about it like that but now it totally makes sense. What's a loser with no job gonna do all day but be on the internet?

[–]FediNetizenSuper-semi-bisexual (i.e. straight) 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What? I didn't even mention unemployment. Though that would give them even more time, people who work normal 40-hour weeks still have plenty of time to police people

[–]chupacabrawitchI'm super thanks for asking 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I know but these people seem to have too much time to put into their "hobbies" which is why I doubt a lot of them even have a job... I know I ain't got the time of day....