Here's some positivity from all the hate. A re-make of a similar poster on r/GenderCritical. by OrangeBurrito in GenderCritical

[–]PurpleAmathea 12 insightful - 10 fun12 insightful - 9 fun13 insightful - 10 fun -  (0 children)

I prefer "tired of explaining reality to fuckwits", myself.

"how do I report these women talking amongst themselves on a different site" by gparmesan in GenderCritical

[–]PurpleAmathea 22 insightful - 4 fun22 insightful - 3 fun23 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

They can franken-surgerize their bodies to hell and back, they'll still have XY stamped on every cell of their body they didn't take from a woman.

Wtf is with all the antisemitism here? by aThievingStableboy in whatever

[–]PurpleAmathea 19 insightful - 4 fun19 insightful - 3 fun20 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Aw no please stay we need all the normies we can get!

(I agree it's super gross)

Really sick of porn/sex work apologizers by PurpleAmathea in GenderCritical

[–]PurpleAmathea[S] 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Pimp apologetics aren't welcome in GC but I'll engage for the sake of other readers.

As an industry, there is some terrible shit out there.

"some" - minimization. Actually, it is almost entirely terrible shit.

But, if the work can be done in a safe manner, then it should be viewed as just work. Putting an adult selling selfies on the same stage as trafficking and molestation is disingenuous.

You start with an if (if it can be done...) and then proceed as if the if is a fact (that it can be done).

What the actual facts on the ground demonstrate is that the field is full of exploitation, that not just a majority but an overwhelming majority (90+) of those who participate in it regret it, that even the big names speaking out for it (eg stoya) will admit to having been raped and abused in a porn context.

But here's the other if.

IF there's some small number of wealthy privileged women who enjoy selling their selfies for fun, the fact that this minority enjoys it does not make what they are doing (providing cover for widespread abuse, trafficking, and exploitation) OK. Of course pimps love Jenny with low self esteem who likes to make a quick buck off of a nude photo (although, should she ever regret that choice, she has no recourse), because Jenny is then the cover story for multiple women who claim to be doing this consensually (and by claim, I mean, that's what their pimps post on their behalf).

Every one of the handful of women so-called "consensually" engaged in sex work provides cover for the pimps who will claim that all of their abuse victims fall into the same category.

Its like how until recently there was a risky sex defense for men murdering their wives. Its cover. It is used as cover. And engaging in it is enabling that cover, and saying that because 10% of sex workers who are particularly privileged enjoy it, we throw the 90% who are exploited into the trash because, going back to my main point, heaven forbid we ever make a man's peepee unhappy, oh noes.

(and that's not even getting into the widespread degradation, violence, and misogyny of the content.)

How can liberal feminists argue that sexism exists if they deny biological sex exists? by [deleted] in GenderCritical

[–]PurpleAmathea 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Oh it's certainly bullshit. By their reasoning butch women don't face oppression, when actually butch women are regularly penalised for not being feminine enough aka not falling into the subservient, decorative role female objects are supposed to fulfill.

But I'm just saying, this is the bullshit that they use as their explanation of sexism. (it's also why they consider radfen criticism of makeup/heels/shaving to be sexist, because it's criticising femininity and that's sexist. When actually radfems whole point is men get to be the default and not have to do anything to be acceptable whereas women are expected to spend hours of time and money policing their appearance to fit within the narrow range deemed acceptable presentation for the underclass.)

How can liberal feminists argue that sexism exists if they deny biological sex exists? by [deleted] in GenderCritical

[–]PurpleAmathea 11 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

They claim that sexism is really anti-femme-ism. Ie the problem is femininity is discriminated against, rather than females.

Seekers of non political content, unite by PurpleAmathea in whatever

[–]PurpleAmathea[S] 15 insightful - 3 fun15 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I've been posting in s/books, s/asksaidit, and s/aww thus far. Will keep an eye out for others I might have something to add to.

Peak trans: tell your story here by Sittingonarainbow in GenderCritical

[–]PurpleAmathea 17 insightful - 3 fun17 insightful - 2 fun18 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Transing kids was what made me start questioning all of it. A parenting group I was in had one very very transactivist mom and her trans kindergartener bringing I Am Jazz for show and tell, and complaining about the trans phobic parents who had a problem with that.

I was like... "what the fuck? How is a kindergartener trans? What does a kindergartener know about gender?"

And that led me to detrans and gender critical and once the blinders were off I couldn't put em back on again...

What are some positive things that have happened since March 2020, whether for you personally or in general? by medium_tomato in AskSaidIt

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

Please tell me more garden details! And share pics!

I got my first potted plant after the office closed when we switched to work from home (just a simple snake plant) and my goal is to keep it alive. I have something of a black thumb so gardening is more like a thing I like watching other people do.

What are some positive things that have happened since March 2020, whether for you personally or in general? by medium_tomato in AskSaidIt

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

Got a raise.

Wtf is with all the antisemitism here? by aThievingStableboy in whatever

[–]PurpleAmathea 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I do wish there was a normal Jewish sub here though. Wanna make one?

"how do I report these women talking amongst themselves on a different site" by gparmesan in GenderCritical

[–]PurpleAmathea 41 insightful - 2 fun41 insightful - 1 fun42 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I mean they also banned r/pregnancy and took over r/pcos.

The answer why all of this has happened isn't "because we were mean" it's "because they hate women"

JK Rowling just spoke again. She's fighting back by Lilith_Fair in GenderCritical

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

Press the lgihtbulb icon or the laughing icon

What are you in the middle of reading right now? by PurpleAmathea in books

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

Was this your first time reading the discworld books? They're really great.

(imo audiobooks totally count as reading.)

What are you in the middle of reading right now? by PurpleAmathea in books

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

Man, the Martian was fun. Also, it had a really good film adaptation which is even more surprising given how easy to ruin the subject matter is... I think there was an xkcd about that.

What is prometheus rising about?

Workers of Saidit, What Was Your Least Favorite Job? by theFriendlyDoomer in AskSaidIt

[–]PurpleAmathea 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I did an internship in a small advertising office in high school, which taught me that I definitely did not want to go into that field. It was intensely boring. (yeah, I recognise that advertising probably also has exciting flashy jobs but there's a lot of market research and even the exciting creative bits were just... Not for me.)

By contrast, waitressing and working on a farm were both enjoyable, albeit not remotely the direction I went for long term (engineering...)

Wouldn't it be cool if we asked questions about things other than Reddit/Said It or Politics? by theFriendlyDoomer in AskSaidIt

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

I think both s/movies and s/comics exist already, so head over and be the change you wanna see!

Wouldn't it be cool if we asked questions about things other than Reddit/Said It or Politics? by theFriendlyDoomer in AskSaidIt

[–]PurpleAmathea 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Wanna post on s/books together? Although because most of the posts there are blegh it's not clear what the "culture" of any posts made there should ideally be. I suppose we could make it up as we go...?

What are you looking forward to? by PurpleAmathea in AskSaidIt

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Mm yum. What brand?

Newcomers: Let's make sure Saidit is better than Reddit. This shouldn't be a place to waste time, but to have productive and intelligent discussions. by Aureus in whatever

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

Thanks!

I wonder if the admins would consider reducing the new sub period. Two weeks is harsh, but a week pause between each after is also. It wouldn't be if the site was already up and running with lots of subs...

Newcomers: Let's make sure Saidit is better than Reddit. This shouldn't be a place to waste time, but to have productive and intelligent discussions. by Aureus in whatever

[–]PurpleAmathea 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I am kind of hoping for mirrors of unbanned reddit subs.

I liked r/askreddit, I liked r/redditgetsdrawn, I liked r/adorabledragons, I don't want to be on reddit anymore but none of the refugee sites are bothering with also transferring innocuous communities of fluff.

Coming From Gender Critical by [deleted] in Introductions

[–]PurpleAmathea 15 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Hey! Really disgusted they banned us and not, oh, dozens of disgusting misogynistic violence-glorifying porn subs. I hope we're able to migrate most of our users, I was able to find this place via mumsnet.

Men's Health magazine. How to choke a woman. I don't want to live on this planet. by our_team_is_winning in GenderCritical

[–]PurpleAmathea 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Why are you blaming adult women and not adult men? You think it's OK that men are passing down that it's okay to choke and slap and spit on your partner?

You have a very exaggerated idea of how easy it is for a woman, naked underneath a man, when the man suddenly starts choking her, to escape. It is easier for the woman to go along with it,, easier for her to rewrite what happened as her consenting.

What the fuck was wrong with the man though???????

We should empower women to say no but its far, far more urgent for the men to stop. The women need to be taught self defense (which is not always effective). But the men need to be taught not to be such fucking sickos. Its totally different scale of problems.

Men's Health magazine. How to choke a woman. I don't want to live on this planet. by our_team_is_winning in GenderCritical

[–]PurpleAmathea 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes I want to be clear I'm not defending bdsm, I am saying that at least they had this one point correct

Really sick of porn/sex work apologizers by PurpleAmathea in GenderCritical

[–]PurpleAmathea[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I feel like you missed my point. Is the problem the fact that women are being paid for sex, or the abuse?

The being paid is a cover for the abuse. That the payment is used to legitmize things payment should not make legitimate.

I pay you 10,000 dollars to chop off your arm. Is that consensual? Maybe you're desperate for money, maybe you're mentally ill, maybe you're very, very insecure and needy for validation. Does that make my behavior less evil?

Obviously not all porn is equivalent to chopping off an arm. The massive spread of STDs, the risk of anal prolapse, the bdsm porn with choking and beating, are not all porn. The scenes being changed without the actresses consent (aka rape) are not all porn. Not being able to stop midway (aka rape) is not all porn. But in every single one of those situations, the money is supposed to magically make it better and OK. The problem is the abuse, but the money is the cover for the abuse. As if women's pain is a commodity that can be bought and sold.

If hypothetical world allows for safe sex work (maybe decrimalise, regulate, make it easier to NOT have a pimp for sales and "protection"), would the idea of women using sex appeal for capitalistic ends still be a problem?

In a hypothetical world where misogyny did not exist most of radical feminism would cease to be relevant. We do not live in that hypothetical world and appeals to that hypothetical world, which we have zero evidence is possible to create and which certainly does not exist now or in the near future of this time line in which women's rights are being actively eroded, is a derail.

Nor is prostitution/pornography equivalent to "using sex appeal", you are again minimizing what is actually happening.

Also, you do know women look at porn, so it's not all about poor peepee.

People care about legalising porn because of the 95% of men watching 99% of porn, not because of the 20% of women watching some much smaller percentage of porn.

Fuck, there is an entire subset of sex work that is devoted to people with physical disabilities that cannot get anything even approaching intimacy otherwise. Is that as bad as a queensnake video?

Its interesting that you think being disabled makes it OK to rape someone. If someone with physical disabilities is paying a trafficking victim's pimp to have sex with her that is precisely as evil as someone without disabilities doing so. Same for someone with disabilities paying the producer of a video in which a woman is raped on screen.

If the disabled person is "incapable of getting anything approaching intimacy otherwise" that presupposes no one would willingly consent to be in ntimate with them (otherwise they would be capable). So your very formulation of the question requires the sex work victim only be consenting under duress.

The general concept of consent not actually being consent within the radfem discourse is probably the thing that I found difficult with the group. Consent is always questioned, with the radical and of radfem saying all hetero sex is rape because women can never truly consent away from social pressures/.

Again, in the real world of actual statistics about sex work, the 90% who said they weren't able to consent get more weight than the 10% who felt it was consensual. I'm not denying that 10% exist. I am saying they give cover to what is happening to the other 90. Their airbrushed accounts of sex work exist to legitimise the exploitation and abuse of the vast, overwhelming majority of sex workers, who don't have the privilege and platforms that minority do.

I don't think women are incapable of consenting. I also absolutely do not buy into consent-obsessed culture, as if the only thing that matters is whether the woman consents. Not whether she didn't enjoy it, not whether it traumatised her, not whether it was then used as leverage to control and humiliate her. None of that matters as long as she consented! And maybe that's fine as a legal standard for convicting people. But as an ethical standard for assessing an industry, its not OK. People consenting to being harmed is not sufficient. We prosecute people selling heroin even though every one of their customers was 100 percent willingly consenting because they ruin lives.

(really consent obsession is just back to the same sick misogynist model of sex where the man is the consumer and the woman is the product. The only thing we care about is if the product "consents". The whole sex work industry is just further reinforcing women as sex dispensers, not people. And you can literally just look at the titles of porn to see this, its not like they bother hiding it)

Men's Health magazine. How to choke a woman. I don't want to live on this planet. by our_team_is_winning in GenderCritical

[–]PurpleAmathea 28 insightful - 1 fun28 insightful - 0 fun29 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

THERE IS NO WAY TO CHOKE SAFELY

At least in bdsm circles this was common knowledge, they even had to specifically separate between "safe, sane, and consensual" (which choking cannot ever be) and "risk aware consensual kink". They were very explicit about this! There is no safe way to choke your partner. Ever.

But now that bdsm has become "mainstream" people who know nothing about safety are touting how to safely do things that ARE NEVER SAFE. NEVER.

I hope these men start getting sent to jail.

How many people have you blocked so far on Saidit? by [deleted] in SaidIt

[–]PurpleAmathea 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Step one: go to s/all, sort by new

Step two: half of what you see will be series of the same dumb posts, spammed in seven different subs by the same user.

Step three: block every user that does this.

Step four: while you're at it, mute the most common offending subs for this kind of user

Step five: a saidit browsing experience that almost doesn't suck!

Anyway, lots of people blocked. Great feature!

What are you in the middle of reading right now? by PurpleAmathea in books

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

Sounds interesting, what is it about?

What kinds of books do you like, if you want recs...

What do you miss about Reddit? by medium_tomato in AskSaidIt

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

Ooh, my beacon signal.

I think s/aww needs more content

This sub right here, s/asksaidit, would be great with more good, interesting, non political questions.

There's some stuff in s/books, could always add more.

I want s/gardening to take off...

What are some positive things that have happened since March 2020, whether for you personally or in general? by medium_tomato in AskSaidIt

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

Which medium/s?

What are some positive things that have happened since March 2020, whether for you personally or in general? by medium_tomato in AskSaidIt

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

Please pay the plant tax and post pictures.

Is there an s/gardening?

What are some positive things that have happened since March 2020, whether for you personally or in general? by medium_tomato in AskSaidIt

[–]PurpleAmathea 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Congratulations (and envy) on the writing productivity!

What are some positive things that have happened since March 2020, whether for you personally or in general? by medium_tomato in AskSaidIt

[–]PurpleAmathea 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So cool!

Is there an s/dnd sub? I'd be interested in joining it.

(my dnd good news is I got loooots of money and my character has opened up a chain business for additional wealth generation + info harvesting)

Can muslim women be GC feminist too? by [deleted] in GenderCritical

[–]PurpleAmathea 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You can be gender critical and Muslim in the same way you can be gay and Muslim. That is, there's a contradiction, but people live with contradictions all the time.

I do not think the community needs to temper its criticism of misogyny in religion because of the feelings of religious members. I am religious, discussing the misogyny in my religion is uncomfortable, but that is what this space is for.

Would I be more devout and more "acceptable" to my religious community if I was willing to swallow the party line about how my religion isn't sexist, its actually very pro women's rights? Sure, but it's a lie.

Would I be a more pure GC feminist if I went atheist? Yes, but I'm not willing. My feminism is flawed. But as long as other people aren't shaming or harassing me for it, I am willing to simply acknowledge that, and leave room for others more feminist than I to speak.

Who is out with their hairy legs this summer? by materialrealityplz in GenderCritical

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

Thus far no one's commented. Maybe that's just where I live and where you live is worse, but I do generally try to assume that

  1. Most people are not all that interested in you and won't even notice or care
  2. The people who notice, and care, and comment to you? Are completely nuts, and it's a reflection on them, not you, so you can just ignore it.

"how do I report these women talking amongst themselves on a different site" by gparmesan in GenderCritical

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My understanding from the screenshots I saw on tumblr was that the closing to private of r/pregnancy and redirect to babybumps happened in the past few days because of tra targeting

what happened on r/PCOS in screenshots by gparmesan in GenderCritical

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

So awful =(

Fuck these revolting pervert men in dresses.

R/askwomen took a side. This should end well 🙄 by venecia in GenderCritical

[–]PurpleAmathea 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

My primary encounters with transactivism are not reddit. (I don't hang out on the right subs for that)

From the time I became aware of the issue until now:

  • a parenting podcast I used to like had one of the mothers trans her own kid
  • another podcast I had liked announced that they wanted to increase representation in the all male character list... So they added a TIM
  • I had to leave a parenting group I'd joined on Facebook because every fifth post was by one of the two transactivist moms on the oppression suffered by their trans kindergarteners

Thus far, everything I've listed is still solely online interactions, no one I know irl. As of this past year, I started to encounter it irl

  • my relative is very involved in feminist activism (like, that's her job). She made a post about periods and had followers comment that her male son could also have a period, if he becomes trans, since trans women have periods exactly like women. She nodded along.
  • an in person gaming group I'm in, the person running it (a disabled woman very involved in woke circles) went full tra and I still haven't decided if I need to leave

And that's not to mention what's happening legislatively, in the UK and Canada...

Basically I wish this was just a fringe thing. The problem is it keeps growing. What's happening today would have sounded nuts five years ago.

What are you looking forward to? by PurpleAmathea in AskSaidIt

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

It's really not that hard to source historical claims. But since you can't, whatever. /shrug the entire interaction with you has felt more like talking to a troll than someone with something to contribute to the conversation so I think we can stop here and call it a day (feel free to insert whatever your last snarky lol will be so you can feel like you've had the last word 🙄)

What are you looking forward to? by PurpleAmathea in AskSaidIt

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

I don't know enough to say, which is why I'm patiently awaiting you providing sources instead of just saying "lol" or citing roman public political debates.

What are you looking forward to? by PurpleAmathea in AskSaidIt

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

Public debates is a really separate thing from encouraging family members to stop speaking to each other, getting people fired, etc. I don't know what they were doing in addition to debating with fiery language (assassinating each other...?) but fiery language alone does not an equivalent comparison make.

What are you in the middle of reading right now? by PurpleAmathea in books

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

I'm lazy, when I wanna know if a sub exists I just do s/asoiaf and check if clicking leads anywhere.

But if it doesn't exist, feel free to post asoiaf content here in s/books, it's not like we have so much content we can't fit fandom-specific stuff as well.

Gender Critical and Atheism by -thedarkhorse- in GenderCritical

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

So I think there's three things:

  1. Being against current trans ideology - I don't think this has anything to do with religion or not it's literally about not engaging in an orwellian level of reality-ignoring where a giant cult gathers together to shame and harass anyone who doesn't loudly chant that the sky is yellow and the grass is red. Thats why right and left wingers outside the cult can mutually agree on this point. (like, you can say that religion and atheism disagree over basic facts like "is there an invisible god" but its not like religion is standing there proclaiming that there's a completely visible god standing right there and everyone can see him and if you claim you can't see him it's because you're a lying, hateful person who is literally a murderer)
  2. Being gender critical, ie opposing associating gender roles with sex - some religions have stronger gender roles than others. I have not found this to be an issue for me personally with my own religious choices, ie I've felt comfortable ignoring gender roles (religiously. societally, I've felt discomfort/social pressure that I needed to overcome).
  3. Radical feminism - opposing all structures of the patriarchy - outside of religions that are explicitly female centered like some modern branches of wicca, pretty much all religions have had too much shaping in the hands of misogynist men through history to not be full of things that are problematic from a radical feminist perspective. To be religious and a radical feminist is a contradiction. However, it is a contradiction I live with by compromising on both instead of being ideologically pure to either. My religion is full of misgyny that I sidestep/avoid rather than dumping the religion entirely as an act of protest (I mean the most radical of radfems would say the same thing about engaging in heterosexual relationship. I cannot call myself a pure radical feminist because I am simply not willing to be radical enough... Whereas I'm comfortable calling myself fully gender critical.)

Y'all. There's a r/GC backup with CONTENT by sosorreal in GenderCritical

[–]PurpleAmathea 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Someone should quickly scrape this for backing up elsewhere as well.

What's your opinion on Sparknotes? by Shockwave in books

[–]PurpleAmathea 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have definitely found sparknotes useful as a quick reference when I want to look things up, or as better than nothing when I hate a book too much to actually read it, but what your teacher did is nuts, sorry that happened to you.

Seekers of non political content, unite by PurpleAmathea in whatever

[–]PurpleAmathea[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I assume you mean s/writingprompts

Is there any less political content here yet? by happysmash27 in AskSaidIt

[–]PurpleAmathea 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's not sufficient to filter s/politics because people post political stuff in a lot of the other subs as well. I really like the idea of being able to flag things as political, and being able to set a user preference for not seeing posts flagged above x amounts as political. Appreciate that u/magnora7 seems to be considering it.

Could you post piano content in s/music for now?

Is there any less political content here yet? by happysmash27 in AskSaidIt

[–]PurpleAmathea 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, s/sports exists

What are YOU doing to make Saidit a Better Place? by scrubking in AskSaidIt

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

There's s/sports. Start postih the content you wanna see there, maybe others will join in.

Is there an auto generated COMPLETE list of subsaidits? by dissent in AskSaidIt

[–]PurpleAmathea 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Subscriber count is useless, because users are subscribed to all subs by default unless the sub opts out, hence many very dead subs clearly visited by only two users in their entire existence having 30,000 subscribers.

(I happen to think the opt out subscription choice for this site is super dumb but whatever)

I'd suggest finding subs on a topic you're interested in, and then trying to get other people interested in also participating in them. There's a group of new users interested in getting non political subs up and active, you can see me interacting with a few of them in my comment history. I've basically been going through comments of people I talk with to find other people they've talked with to find any subs they've posted to. Slightly stalkerish but oh well.

(maybe I should make a post on s/whatever to coordinate this sort of thing more formally)

Creating new subs by Diddykingsmackin in AskSaidIt

[–]PurpleAmathea 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The saidit.net main page has a "create new sub" button (on the bottom in mobile and on the side in desktop)

What are you looking forward to? by PurpleAmathea in AskSaidIt

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

What do you mean by shooting fireworks? By yourself? That sounds really cool so please elaborate.

Newcomers: Let's make sure Saidit is better than Reddit. This shouldn't be a place to waste time, but to have productive and intelligent discussions. by Aureus in whatever

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

Trans-identified male (more commonly known as transwoman, but suitable for use by people who object to the redefinition of the word "woman")

Wouldn't it be cool if we asked questions about things other than Reddit/Said It or Politics? by theFriendlyDoomer in AskSaidIt

[–]PurpleAmathea 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Easiest way to check is just doing s/fantasy and seeing if it leads anywhere... I think I might have seen an s/sciencefiction while browsing for promising options...

Newcomers: Let's make sure Saidit is better than Reddit. This shouldn't be a place to waste time, but to have productive and intelligent discussions. by Aureus in whatever

[–]PurpleAmathea 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

so I've been looking through the list of all subs. There are a lot of non-political subs here, just most are dead, or filled with spam/unrelated content, or filled with weirdos who might also be spam.

but I'm slowly finding sort of normalish ones. There's s/aww, s/writing, s/fitness, s/art, s/cats...

Announcing /s/DidIt: I thought this sub should exist, so I made it, and it's here now for anyone who wants to use it. by perpetual_nightlight in didit

[–]PurpleAmathea 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Is this meant to have overlaps with concepts like s/getmotivated?

Newcomers: Let's make sure Saidit is better than Reddit. This shouldn't be a place to waste time, but to have productive and intelligent discussions. by Aureus in whatever

[–]PurpleAmathea 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Basically the same.

Which normal users have already been here for two weeks? Maybe a bunch of people can collaborate to make some fun subs.

(meanwhile I'm trying to figure out how to unsubscribe from some of the worse defaults. It's funny, I'm pretty grossed out by stuff here, but I can shrug and be like "oh well, that's what happens when you declare a witch hunt free island, you get a lot of witches" (rip ssc) whereas reddit was just... Either allow disgusting stuff or don't allow disgusting stuff, don't only disallow disgusting stuff that happens to not be politically aligned with you.