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Q&A thread for New Posters

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CharlieParley · 14/02/2021 10:41

Welcome to the FWR board and welcome to the debate. If you're new here and have been told your questions might be better on their own thread, but you're not comfortable starting your own, then please feel free to ask your question here.

I'll try my best to answer and some of our other regulars might pop in too.

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Datun · 14/02/2021 11:30

Sea lioning is a really odd one and it took me a while to get my head around it. Because asking questions is good, right?

Also, what kind of satisfaction can you get out of asking pointless questions? It's a weird one.

Nonetheless, it definitely happens.

Often with a name change, to boot. So someone will ask silly questions designed to be a bit provocative, get all the answers, and then a few weeks later name change and go through the whole bloody process again.

It's a tedious time waster. (And I still think it's a weird way to attention seek/derail).

IvyTwines · 14/02/2021 11:28

@Xanthangum

"Sealioning: a type of trolling or harassment that consists of pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity."

Sometimes though it is hard to tell if someone is deliberately being obtuse with the intention of sealioning, or genuinely trying to understand the other persons point of view but failing to "get it."

I haven't heard that word for it before, but when I see people on Twitter repeatedly asking women to describe just exactly why they feel vulnerable in mixed sex toilets I'm immediately reminded of the heavy breather phone calls we used to get in pre-1471 days.
TheLaughingGenome · 14/02/2021 11:28

This is a really good idea.👍

When I first ventured onto FWR (as was) I'd have appreciated this a lot not made a tit of myself.

DialSquare · 14/02/2021 11:25

I do agree that it can be overwhelming WarOnWomen but I do think it’s handy to have it on a new thread like this for additional reading should anyone want to.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3145470-Break-it-down-for-me

Xanthangum · 14/02/2021 11:22

Sorry cross-post!

Xanthangum · 14/02/2021 11:22

"Sealioning: a type of trolling or harassment that consists of pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity."

Sometimes though it is hard to tell if someone is deliberately being obtuse with the intention of sealioning, or genuinely trying to understand the other persons point of view but failing to "get it."

Winesalot · 14/02/2021 11:19

Sea lioning as per wiki

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning

Sealioning (also spelled sea-lioning and sea lioning) is a type of trolling or harassment that consists of pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity.[1][2][3][4] It may take the form of "incessant, bad-faith invitations to engage in debate".

testingmitb · 14/02/2021 11:15

Ooooh, I have a question, but I'm not new in these parts, just don't post much beyond indignant one-liners.

What is sea-lioning?

umbel · 14/02/2021 11:15

Great idea! How about some abbreviation/terminology explanations too (though there are of course several that can no longer be mentioned)?

I’ll start off with:
GC - gender critical
FWR - Feminism and Women's Rights (previous name of this board, now Feminist Chat)

WarOnWomen · 14/02/2021 11:02

Brilliant idea.

I think links would be better for specific questions. The break it down thread can be a bit overwhelming.

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CharlieParley · 14/02/2021 11:01

Yes, that's an excellent idea!

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DialSquare · 14/02/2021 10:59

I second what a good idea this is. Is it worth adding the break it down for me thread for additional resource?

Winesalot · 14/02/2021 10:51

Charlie! You rock. What a great idea. Thank you.