For those out of the loop, WomensStuff has a women-only rule, where men are respectfully asked to not reply to posts.

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    2 months ago

    It is a request in the sidebar/bottom of the page that barely anyone looks at because the vast, vast majority of community rules boil down to ‘don’t be an ass and no porn’.

    I’m not opposed to community rules or anything, but saying it requires zero work is wrong because one has to intentionally take the time to check out and remember the rules or voluntarily block to avoid accidentally breaking the rules. It isn’t a lot of work, but it is certainly more than zero.

    I blocked to avoid intruding, because of my inability to keep track of community specific rules, so I hope it is successful and supportive as intended. If there was an option to set communities to read only like they are when banned that would be a neat feature.

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      Every post I’ve seen has a disclaimer on it. Maybe that’s just certain posters who include the disclaimer in the post, though.

      But when I say zero effort, I mean literally it takes zero effort to respect the rule once you’re aware of it.

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        Which doesn’t appear in anyone’s feed, you only see that when you specifically go to that community’s page. Which is yet another clear factor in why it should be set to private instead of public

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          Which doesn’t appear in anyone’s feed, you only see that when you specifically go to that community’s page. Which is yet another clear factor in why it should be set to private instead of public

          If Fedia has a broken GUI, that’s not their responsibility. It’s the responsibility of All feed users not to badly interact with random posts.

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            2 months ago

            I take issue with you defining “being a non-woman and commenting” as “badly interacting.”

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            2 months ago

            No, if you don’t like how a platform works, then that’s the wrong platform for you to use.

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        2 months ago

        When I click on a post out of the All or Subscribed feed I don’t go to the main community page.

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          When I click on a post out of the All or Subscribed feed I don’t go to the main community page.

          It’s literally the topmost rule of the sidebar. If your client doesn’t display the sidebar properly, that’s on you and your choice of client. Default lemmy-ui displays it just fine.