Trans topic. Please.

[Universitychallenging]

Please can we have a trans topic. The site is over run with trans threads and I'd like to be able to hide the whole lot of them.

I have already said I will hide the trans threads and not post on them.

What more exactly do you want me to say?

Add message | Report | Message poster Universitychallenging Thu 23-Mar-17 10:13:05
Im not stopping anyone who wants to have the conversations having them. I just don't want to see them (and I will be hiding threads me not participating in future so I suppose a particular view point has won and meant that I will just not participate. )

This morning. And 10.13.05. So. Over two hours ago I said I will be hiding threads and not participating.

What more, exactly, do you want me to say?

Perhaps people are just surprised that you didn't come to that conclusion before you started a thread asking MN to be rearranged for your benefit

So they're going to keep on being rude and making puerile comments when I have already ceded to the bullying amd the prevailing view and agreed not to post on any trans threads.

What do you think that achieves, exactly?

I asked a reasonable question. Some others (like wannabe and bore) have come up with other solutions / shown that the site works differently from them.

But really, at this point, I'm doing what you want and yet there is continuing flinging around of insults and being rude. Long after I have agreed not to post on the threads.

Hi all,

Thanks for the feedback. As ever, we really do value it.

This has been discussed before both with our users and in-office and we have thought really hard about it.

For the time being, we're not planning on having a separate Trans topic. We have concerns it would turn into a bit of a free-for-all, and in any case, we really don't want to restrict discussion to one place on the site.

Thanks Lorna. (Even though it's not the answer I wanted with the initial question!)

Can you answer why I don't have the same options as bore and how do I get them.

And also wannabes idea of a filter - any way that could work?

So they're going to keep on being rude and making puerile comments when I have already ceded to the bullying amd the prevailing view and agreed not to post on any trans threads.

You've lost me here OP. Who is bullying you off trans threads? That's quite an accusation to make.

Hey,

Hmm. Would you mind popping us an email about the options you see? We'll do some digging around that! Email is [email protected] and could you include the device and browser you're using? Sorry to be a pain!

We've passed the filter suggestion over to tech. We're not sure how doable it is but they are aware of it at this time!

No bother Lorna will do

With the customisation pages, this is actually something that has been flagged before.

Older members will have a different page to newer members.

This isn't something that can be changed, unfortunately. We do appreciate it is most annoying and we're really sorry about this!

She hasn't been bullied Beach. She just lost the debate. To be fair, the TRA argument is so illogical it cannot win in any debate so there is no shame in it, I had the same view at one time. But instead of actually listening and thinking, she just refuses to accept reason and facts.

Can we have a 'Can we have a trans topic?' topic?

Pencils

If anyone disagrees with the trans agenda publically they are verbally abused, threatened with violence and their family members are threatened too

Classic example of the paranoid claims that keeps coming up on these threads. It just isn't true. What bothers me is that people keep coming up with the mantra that it is wonderful that these threads are informing MNers of the terrible reality that they didn't previously know, when in fact what we see regularly is scaremongering evidenced at best by the same regularly cited rare incidents, frequently in other countries with other laws. And the reality is also that if you dare to say that on one of these threads, the wrath of all the usual suspects will descend on you until they've all happily agreed with each other and satisfied themselves that they're right - but still without producing anything resembling proper evidence. As no doubt will happen now in response to this post.

I'm not sure MNHQ are the best people to be in any doubt that online disagreement produces abuse. You know, given that Justine Roberts herself was a victim.

Online conflict can bring out some very, very violent tendencies. I don't think anyone finds that surprising.

Merely hosting a forum providing support to parents is a heinous crime in the eyes of some people.

"Ms Roberts, writing in a post on Mumsnet, said an armed response team was called to her house after someone reported a gunman in the area."

Threats of abuse, doxxing, and real life violence is something that the government are looking at very, very seriously.

I'm not sure there is much to be gained from calling it paranoia.

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