You don't have to be feminist to post here, but it helps...

(That was to SM re the mysterious 'vibe', btw)

Does it really? I don't believe it does.

Nor do the very large number of posters and lurkers who enjoy it.

I think you should consider the slight possibility you're imagining things.

I'm off - blackberry picking with my neighbours kids. Should be fun.

"Mental health; why do you take it so seriously? I don't take it seriously and therefore it is not a serious subject."

"Sleb twaddle; why are all you wasting your time talking about slebs on a board called sleb twaddle, eh?"

"Health; I'm healthy so what an earth are you talking about health for?"

everyone else paraphrases so when i rome...

the feminism board has a def cant say that vibe and its been picked up on.numerous times.by numerous others

and no i have never said you is nasty meanies.because im not 5

i would have def have written a more convoluted way of saying,this board feels bitty inaccessible if not toeing the line

I never said you were a git. There's no need to put words in my mouth, unless you feel the need because you have nothing to say.

Would it not be easier for you to let this go?

Hang on, put words on the screen that aren't there, why don't you, SM...

i accept you can bang on about what a git i am.on the feminism topic and elsewhere apparently.and that i dont have to concur

Oh, finally!

So what's the problem then? Have you accepted we're not all nasty meanies just because we don't agree with you?

certainly that would be your subjective opinion
i of course can disagree
you see thats how it goes on discursive forum

By you, or by me?

These 'diff posting rules'?

I think by you.

I can explain my own habits that guide how I reply to people, but those aren't rules. For example, if someone posts nastily, I try to pick them up on it. This does not mean I believe there is a rule saying I must do that. If someone has a go at someone else for bad spelling, I pick them up on it. There is no rule to make me do this. If someone posts saying Russell T. Davies is better that Moffat, naturally I pick them up on this.

Do you see, these things are not rules ... they're my habits of posting. Your habit of posting is to mock posters by telling them they should not be upset by responses. I prefer my way of doing things, and I'll carry on doing it. And I explain it to you as a courtesy, so you can understand better what's going on. If I thought it were governed by rules, I'd just report you and ignore, wouldn't I?

its a board about feminism,expect a comment about feminism.

Nobody expects the camping board to be a board full of threads like;

"Camping; is is just for sad nerds who like talking about SIGs?"

"Camping, what is the point in it when hotels exist?"

"Who do the campers think they are expecting people to talk about tents and kit on the camping boards all the time eh?"

"Jeez those campers are right mean bullies - did you see how they got bored with explaining to me over and over again how pleasant camping is and how they are not the insane extremist nutters I called them take them for".

Clearly rules can be enforced on an open forum, or MN wouldn't delete posts for breaking them would they?

I'm still waiting to find out what these "entry requirements" for feminism are...

And now I'm waiting for the special "rulez"

it has been suggested numerous times that diff posting rules apply
and yes i do think its fascinating. i think there is a vibe. i dont think there are rules per se,couldnt have or enforrce rules on open forum

The whole of MN has rules to make it a safe space for people to chat in. They are under 'Talk Guidelines'.

so how did the safe space understanding arise?was it formalised or hoped for
i know the global ruels, is the suggestion that there are diff rules for this board, different from chat etc. and of course on an open board you will get range of pov.goe with the territory.only way to screen content and posts is moderate contributions, and some sort of sign up and acceptance of a collective ethos

to my knowledge this topic isn't moderated other than by mnhq
no sign up or screening
no prescribed collective ethos made known to posters.but def a you cant say that vibe

SM, as I have said, this idea that MN as a whole and the Feminism section are somehow running on different rules is something you perceive to be true, which I don't. Don't ask me why you think this: I don't know. Obviously, I don't think there are special rules for this board. I've already said that the normal rules apply here just as much as anywhere else.

What is so difficult to follow here?

But SM an open board for discussing feminism could be a board full of people saying 'feminists are just uppity ugly man haters with personal issues and that feminism malarky is just a cover up for their secret agenda to take over the world and spoil things for normal folks'. Or people saying 'that so called feminism is just so not needed any more as we women have got equality because we can choose to strip/be prostituted/perform femininity/take on most of the housework and childcare'.

Like much of the rest of the world really.

And so people create feminist/women's rights spaces which are generally understood to be places where we can chew the feminist fat without being called uppity man haters.

I was of the understanding that this board on MN was the latter rather than the former. Otherwise it would be a bit pointless really .

are you saying there are mn special rules for fem board?where
there are global mn talk guidelines,yes
the feminist topic rules, yes id like to see them

i think the op ^Genuine question - is this a feminist board, or a board about feminism? well worth asking

Am I rude? How so? Are you trying to say you don't post like that?

I don't know what you mean by 'mn special rules' and 'dispensation'?

in fact its you who is rude and quite het up at the mo.
mn special rules for this topic-really?
clearly not a well known dispensation then,given these type threads regularly pop up