Some updates & changes to the site

Servant of Christ

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Recently I have been working on fixing the permissions on the forum. This was necessary to address numerous problems where people were able to post in certain areas they should not be able to, or were not in areas they should, etc. In one case we had someone report that they somehow had full moderator privileges (oops). So I went through and fixed all the permissions from the ground up.

Also as a result of this process I have decided to make a change which has been long discussed and speculated about. For a while now women have been allowed to reply or react in some areas but have been generally limited in their ability to post threads and fully participate in the site. We have talked about changing that and I always planned to explore the idea but never quite got around to it. Since I had to redo all the permissions now seemed like a good time.

This isn't actually as big of a change as some might think. At this point we have less than a dozen active women. The men's only area will remain as such, and of course the religious areas will still be limited to their respective faiths, trolls in the troll lounge, etc. The main difference is that women will be allowed to post new threads and replies in the "general" areas. We can consider this as an experiment, for now.

I understand that some people will disagree, some will agree, some won't care, but I can't please everyone. However I have thought about this for a long time and prayed on it and I believe it is the right decision. This site is dedicated to Jesus Christ, and I believe that all people should be able to participate in Christ. I expect everyone to behave in a dignified manner and all will be held to the same standards. I suggest we try to think of this site like a Church, and act accordingly.

There may be further announcements from the moderators regarding how they plan to enforce rules of conduct and stuff, but I just wanted to give everyone a heads up. The mods have my full support to deal with anyone who breaks the rules or tries to cause trouble. Please report any issues if something seems to be wrong or broken with the site. Respectful and constructive comments or questions are always welcome.

Thank you. Take care & God bless. ☦️

In Christ,

Servant of Christ
 
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Nothing looks broken
searching look around GIF

so far. ;)
 
I don't forsee women participating here as anywhere near as much of a problem as it would have been on RVF, given the nature of the respective forums. The old one would have been literally attacked by fembots; here, I think we can discuss things with our sisters in Christ without the same pressures.

Before I get called a simp, I only subscribed to their OnlyFans at half price and got free ankle pics thrown in.
 
Matsufubu said:
I don't forsee women participating here as anywhere near as much of a problem as it would have been on RVF, given the nature of the respective forums. The old one would have been literally attacked by fembots; here, I think we can discuss things with our sisters in Christ without the same pressures.

Before I get called a simp, I only subscribed to their OnlyFans at half price and got free ankle pics thrown in.
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Feeling cute, might remove later lol ;)

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I'm disappointed in the inclusion of women in the forum.

I was disappointed in roosh and I'm disappointed here too.

There are very few spaces where men get to have court without the female performative discourse interjecting.

Its fine I suppose... I'll just have to deal with the same women logic I tend to escape in other places here.

The intentions are well meaning like women's suffrage....but the ramifications of the action are a net negative as history has proven.
 
Get2choppaaa said:
I'm disappointed in the inclusion of women in the forum.

I was disappointed in roosh and I'm disappointed here too.

There are very few spaces where men get to have court without the female performative discourse interjecting.

Its fine I suppose... I'll just have to deal with the same women logic I tend to escape in other places here.

The intentions are well meaning like women's suffrage....but the ramifications of the action are a net negative as history has proven.
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Regarding your final point, that is not what I had in mind at all. And I would argue the intentions of the people behind women's suffrage weren't well meaning, quite the opposite, but I do agree (((they))) exploited people who were naive and well-meaning in order to get it implemented, like with so many other things.

My expectation is that the site would continue to be a men-dominated space and the culture would not really change. That is in line with traditional Orthodox Christianity. However like at Church I think it's okay for women to be allowed to participate in a respectful and appropriately low-key way given the nature of the site (focus on Christ).

In any case, I appreciate your point of view and thank you for sharing your opinion in a friendly way. I will keep that in mind for the future.


Shaquilleoatmeal said:
I can’t post on this forum, what’s going on?

Coffee House

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Will take a look. I think I made the entire ladies forum women only. It seems fair for them to have their own space, like the men have the lifestyle forum. The original purpose of the coffee house was a place for men and women to mingle since the women couldn't post in any other parts of the forum. So I will probably leave it the way it is, for now.


Take care & God bless.

In Christ,

Servant of Christ
 
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Servant of Christ said:
Will take a look. I think I made the entire ladies forum women only. It seems fair for them to have their own space, like the men have the lifestyle forum. The original purpose of the coffee house was a place for men and women to mingle since the women couldn't post in any other parts of the forum. So I will probably leave it the way it is, for now.
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You could migrate some of the coffee house threads that are unique to other matching sections in the forum if you plan to continue a more coed forum. The duplicate ones could just be left for archival purposes.
 
Based_Christian_Dude said:
You could migrate some of the coffee house threads that are unique to other matching sections in the forum if you plan to continue a more coed forum. The duplicate ones could just be left for archival purposes.
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Seems reasonable. Perhaps @Samseau would be willing to work with you on getting some threads migrated over to a more appropriate location. Alternately, I think I could move the entire coffee house node to another section, if that is preferable.
 
Get2choppaaa said:
I'm disappointed in the inclusion of women in the forum.

I was disappointed in roosh and I'm disappointed here too.

There are very few spaces where men get to have court without the female performative discourse interjecting.

Its fine I suppose... I'll just have to deal with the same women logic I tend to escape in other places here.

The intentions are well meaning like women's suffrage....but the ramifications of the action are a net negative as history has proven.
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You're 100% correct here. It will be to the detriment of the forum.

It reminds me of a few instances where female emotion overrode male objectivity in church proceedings. Like wrapping things up early so they could get the kids in bed while cutting proper procedure and protocol short and ultimately weakening the church, like small cuts, in the process. Keep in mind these are conservative, Christian women who are so repulsed by the idea of leaving the men there alone to make decisions without female involvement, that they'd rather abbreviate or skip the entire process than allow decisions to be made without them. This is what you'll see here over time with this change and it follows culture with disallowing male spaces.

Now we'll have further forum changes and overall forum tone heavily influenced by female directives (because even here, one female opinion will override several male opinions in any matter).
 
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president said:
You're 100% correct here. It will be to the detriment of the forum.

It reminds me of a few instances where female emotion overrode male objectivity in church proceedings. Like wrapping things up early so they could get the kids in bed while cutting proper procedure and protocol short and ultimately weakening the church, like small cuts, in the process. Keep in mind these are conservative, Christian women who are so repulsed by the idea of leaving the men there alone to make decisions without female involvement, that they'd rather abbreviate or skip the entire process than allow decisions to be made without them. This is what you'll see here over time with this change and it follows culture with disallowing male spaces.

Now we'll have further forum changes and overall forum tone heavily influenced by female directives (because even here, one female opinion will override several male opinions in any matter).
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That isn't going to happen, but thank you for your feedback.
 
president said:
You're 100% correct here. It will be to the detriment of the forum.

It reminds me of a few instances where female emotion overrode male objectivity in church proceedings. Like wrapping things up early so they could get the kids in bed while cutting proper procedure and protocol short and ultimately weakening the church, like small cuts, in the process. Keep in mind these are conservative, Christian women who are so repulsed by the idea of leaving the men there alone to make decisions without female involvement, that they'd rather abbreviate or skip the entire process than allow decisions to be made without them. This is what you'll see here over time with this change and it follows culture with disallowing male spaces.

Now we'll have further forum changes and overall forum tone heavily influenced by female directives (because even here, one female opinion will override several male opinions in any matter).
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It's the way things always seem to go, and this small corner of the internet appears to be no exception. Somewhere along the line someone eventually capitulates... whether it's the Boy Scouts, Men's Sheds, etc. the pattern is always the same.
 
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