Spinster.xyz

Really stupid question here, but is the advice to use a different email address purely in case the site is hacked? Or are there any other reasons?

I've finally found my confirmation email (was in spam), but every time I log-in the screen goes white?

It's saying closed to new members again? Am I following the wrong link?

My confirmation email went to junk too, so check spam folders.

My confirmation mail went to Junk.

You still can get spinster badges.

Is anyone else not recieving their confirmation email? Now it's reopened I've signed up, but I'm not getting the email

Its open again and I've joined.
Using different email etc. Of course I've now realised that many of the people I want to follow will also be incognito!

Joined! So exciting. Will explore more later.

Btw it's far more like Twitter than MN, so I'll def be continuing here too.

I joined last night - oh, dear another time suck.

But I'm not leaving Twitter

Looking at what's unfolding on here in less that 24 hours of starting....I don't think it's a forum for me. Outing a user like that is perhaps a little taster of what's to come and continue from some on Twitter.

You seem to be saying what's happened here on MN is a taste of what will happen somewhere else. Not sure I follow the reasoning.

Sorry, Amalfimamma, I'm not a regular here and am not familiar with you or anyone else. Is she working by private message or something?

Looking at what's unfolding on here in less that 24 hours of starting....I don't think it's a forum for me. Outing a user like that is perhaps a little taster of what's to come and continue from some on Twitter.

Having been subjected to stuff like that myself a few times for no good reason other than disagreeing. No thanks

If a Spinster user chooses to make posts in Fediverse mode these can be read by anyone else in the world who is using any of the other servers that are linked to the server that Spinster is using.

There are two other modes: Home mode: means your posts can only be read by your direct followers.

Spinster mode: means your posts can be read by all Spinster users.

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No fake news. You should know by now I only speak when sure of something. 😏

I'm liking Spinster so far, the communal timeline is so much more inviting, hoping it doesn't quieten down too much after the initial excitement

I agree the men should wait but I don't want to be in an echo chamber and wouldn't want to be part of a women-only thing because, frankly, my experiences of women-only online groups has been pretty terrible.

A Twitter where I can say what I like within reason and where people who repeatedly post seriously nasty stuff get banned would suit me.

A couple of thoughts having had time to think about this.

First of all it isn't are replacement for twitter because even if you aren't part of twitter you can view posts and threads.

But as far as I know Spinster posts can only be seen by others who have signed up.

So although I think anyone who wastes their time of tweeter just shouldn't bother its as pointless as going to some strip club and trying to get the punters to think and behave reasonably, there is at least the benefit that those with gender critical views can be read by others. (The main value of twitter is the vain hope that mainstream media will pick up on some "twitter war" and amplify it, but this works against women as the media rarely reports pro women, let alone gender critical, tweets.)

this ability to publicly view posts is also one of the values of mumsnet talk (especialy FWR) as non members can read posts that represent gender critical views.

So it might be worth thinking what is the value of Spinster which doesn't have this public looking in aspect. Does it make it easier to plot and plan, or what .... ?

Please let me know if I am wrong about posts on Spinster not being viewable to non members.

But if I am right how should be make the most of this aspect?

Agree with you LangCleg it's so entitled. If they do open a women only area, everyone should move to that area only and leave the men to the rest of the feed

It isn't supposed to be a female-only space, by the way.

Yes - it isn't female-only because they can't enforce it. It's intended to be primarily female and entirely female-centred, however.

Frankly, I take a dim view of the several males who signed up on the very first day and couldn't even let women find their feet.

Just because you can doesn't mean that you should.

could we get into trouble legally for “hate crimes” in terms of police involvement or other legal actions?

An event can only be treated as a hate crime if a crime has been committed and it can be proved that the crime was motivated by hatred.

So, no .. words on Spinster cannot be treated as a crime.

Hate incidents are being recorded and these are events that a person perceives [yes, perceives ] to be motivated by hatred. Currently some UK police service regions are treating reports of words in social media as such incidents, using the College of Policing guidance as the basis for making such records. This is why @WeAreFairCop is undertaking a Judicial Review of that CoP guidance.

I joined yesterday and it seems great. I've seen a lot of my favourite Tweeters and bloggers there. They are currently closed for new registrations because they are upgrading to handle the overload!

It isn't supposed to be a female-only space, by the way. This is from the FAQs.

"Yes - men are allowed. @spinster is women-centric in that everything we do here is geared towards women, and we put their needs first. However, we have no way to a reasonable way to check anyone's sex, especially with open registration. Think of it like Twitter - anyone can join. The difference is that we won't ban you for saying feminist things. This way, we can get our message out without being silenced.

@alex - our tech support - is also a man, and has been vital to the creation of this project. However if you'd prefer to deal with a female mod you can always talk to me instead - we get it!

We also hope to re-instate the group feature, which will enable the creation of separatist spaces. If you'd like a separatist space and are willing to wait for that feature, please stick around!"