Should feminist petitions stay in Feminist Chat?

The petition board is really hard to find. I went looking for it from Talk Topics couldn't find it. Had to go to alphabetical and then it's called something different.

On display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet, stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard".

I had no idea there was a petition board. Wonder how many I've missed.

I don't understand why feminist petitions wouldn't appear on FWR.

^This.

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Fair enough, but there are so many threads in FWR complaining about how MNHQ choose to run their site (including the stringent posting rules) that it comes across that FWR regulars aren't really happy.

Just genuinely (and frequently) puzzled why there are so many complaints about how MNHQ run their site

And you're kinda almost right ish

We all bloody complain - but that's pretty much the SOP for most sites. I know MNHQ has had huge kudos from us for allowing this platform. Massive, huge, kudos, in fact.

Don't mistake our grumbling for anything actually serious.

Also, yeah, I'd rather you didn't jettison FWR. You might need us someday

Any anyway, if we were the type of people who just blindly accepted things that didn't work for us as "just the way things are" - we'd hardly be feminists would we?!

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That is a very good point!

Advertisers are their customer base though, not the posters on the talk boards. Smart businesses do what brings in the most revenue.

This is our community, we care about it and want it to carry on improving

very much this

the site would have had to change its name to 'Justine's internal monologue' if no-one else had ever joined in. the posters, in conjunction with the moderators, make the community

If FWR was given an exemption, then other areas could ask for one also, if they did really want one.

I'd make it the rule rather than the exception, for non-general topics.
I'd hope it would be possible for MN tech to detect the difference between spamming versus a single thread.

Are you being deliberately obtuse / spoiling for a fight?

Neither. Just genuinely (and frequently) puzzled why there are so many complaints about how MNHQ run their site.

Ha! Bernard - it's late here, someone bought me a stunning bottle or red, and I'm pleased to see I'm not the only at some of these posts.

I think I should log off tho, before I start thinking too highly of myself.

if they're not feminist people will ignore them and they'll drop down the board I guess

Or they could be reported, if they don't belong.

Does anyone know what MNHQ's reasoning is for moving the petitions? I mean, we can guess. But did they ever tell us?

Yes, it's to deter spamming, which has been an issue in the past. It's nothing specific to FWR.

And we already have v stringent rules around posting, so if it's ok with you, I'd rather not be cast adrift.

Fair enough, but there are so many threads in FWR complaining about how MNHQ choose to run their site (including the stringent posting rules) that it comes across that FWR regulars aren't really happy.

I suppose as a workaround in the meantime we post to the petitions board and then link to the thread or is that not allowed either?

I bet I'm not the only one who didn't know there's a separate board for petitions.

Perhaps the "Litter Tray" and "Style & Beauty" would also like relevant petitions?

well yes,that's almost exactly what someone else said upthread, so your interpretation of FWR thinking they're 'better' has left me rather I'm afraid. can you elaborate?

eh? totally did not get that

And I'm not better than anyone else ffs as if.

It's just I'm kinda focused on certain topics, and I'll admit I came for Relationships, but I'm pretty much all FWR now, some News, a little AIBU, and like a fair few other FWRs up thread didn't even know there was a seperate petitions board.

If the petition is relevant, then I'd like to know. Please. Thanks.

As for Is it time for FWR to have its own spin off site? umm we're not contagious! And we already have v stringent rules around posting, so if it's ok with you, I'd rather not be cast adrift.

Not that much of a leap!

Petitions go on the Petitions board. Why is MN FWR different? Perhaps the "Litter Tray" and "Style & Beauty" would also like relevant petitions?

Who decides what is and isn't relevant?

This does smack of FWR regulars considering themselves to be better than other MNers and therefore should have different rules applied to them

eh? totally did not get that

I believe the argument went. where a board is dedicated to a special interest, it would make sense for threads about petitions to do with that special interest to stay on that board

It's to do with the fact that the nature of FWR is different to Chat.

Is it time for FWR to have its own spin off site? This does smack of FWR regulars considering themselves to be better than other MNers and therefore should have different rules applied to them.