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ThreadandInk · 09/07/2016 10:56

I feel sorry for the team at HQ. They deleted the thread about the bathroom issue, and posted this:

"Message from MNHQ: We have removed this thread following several reports.
This thread had personal attacks, general nastiness and transphobic posts on it and we felt that what began as an interesting discussion, became a bit of a slanging match and so we felt it best to remove it."

I agree that the thread did include these. However it also included genuine discussion, cries for help, abused women trying to make their voices heard.

By deleting the whole thread, rather than just the bad, you are telling these women to shut up and put up.

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ThreadandInk · 09/07/2016 11:15

I would much rather they deleted every single bad post, and prevented more, than this blanket deletion.

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HoneyDragon · 09/07/2016 11:06

I 100% agree and it's happening more and more. Especially as Mnet has become a beacon for discussing transphobia and teams rights.

Let's not pretend for one minute that it has been chosen as its seen as a predominantly female space on the Internet. I don't see Pie & Boveril having these after thread over this? I'm uncomfortable with the whole conversations being shut down too, and brief, often unfair sound bite as to why putting more justification to those that should loudest ... Rather than those that want reason.

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ThreadandInk · 09/07/2016 11:01

Which was exactly what the OP was fighting against.

This is a tough issue, the OP was about women's voices not being heard, about women being able to say no.

By killing the whole debate because of a few loudmouths, you tell all the small voices that they don't matter.

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HoneyDragon · 09/07/2016 10:58

I agree. Either it's a banned conversation altogether or MNHQ have to take a more painstaking but fairer approach and delete posts and remove repeat offenders.