Are there any women on theFretBoard?

digitalscream

bbill335 said:

If I were a woman I wouldn't hang around this sausagefest for very long. Some of the crass sexist bullshit I see go unmodded round here would get you banned on almost any other forum. 

That's odd - you expect us to moderate according to your tastes but you've only ever flagged two posts, neither of which were for sexism. Or do you expect us to read all of the 1000+ posts per day on here?

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guitarfishbay

Stereotyping...

DiscoStu

digitalscream said:

The one major exception seems to be Mumsnet, but...I think that place appeals to a particular personality type more than anything

In all fairness, we get pretty mumsnet on here at times too.

Ravenous

digitalscream said:

That's odd - you expect us to moderate according to your tastes but you've only ever flagged two posts, neither of which were for sexism. Or do you expect us to read all of the 1000+ posts per day on here?

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Steady on - I didn't realise you were taking note of who reports who and then shaming them on the forum...

(Seriously - you could do a hasty edit of some of the above if you want to reverse this possible problem.)

Winny_Pooh

digitalscream said:

bbill335 said:

If I were a woman I wouldn't hang around this sausagefest for very long. Some of the crass sexist bullshit I see go unmodded round here would get you banned on almost any other forum. 

That's odd - you expect us to moderate according to your tastes but you've only ever flagged two posts, neither of which were for sexism. Or do you expect us to read all of the 1000+ posts per day on here?

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See, we don't need women, this place is bitchy enough.

ESBlonde

@Emp_Fab is a bit of an old woman at times. ;-)

colourofsound

Well, this escalated quickly.

digitalscream

Ravenous said:

digitalscream said:

That's odd - you expect us to moderate according to your tastes but you've only ever flagged two posts, neither of which were for sexism. Or do you expect us to read all of the 1000+ posts per day on here?

(edited for accuracy and less specificity)

Steady on - I didn't realise you were taking note of who reports who and then shaming them on the forum...

(Seriously - you could do a hasty edit of some of the above if you want to reverse this possible problem.)

I've edited it for accuracy, but here's the thing - if somebody's going to have a go at our moderation and demonstrably knows how to use the flag system yet has never used it for the kind of statement he's publicly complaining about, then I'm going to call him out for hypocrisy.

Ravenous

So if I see something I think is pretty despicable but am afraid the minority of knuckledraggers in here will give me hate for complaining about it, I should keep quiet and not report it just in case my report leaks out? (I'm asking for a serious opinion, I'm not ragging you.)

Fretwired

Hey girls - would you like to hang out with a bunch of middle aged guys with more hair on their back than their head who are into flooring, rants about Brexit and Trump and rants about pretty much everything else, personal hygiene, cats, bad taste jokes, and bands you'd never heard of ... oh and some say they play guitar - well they collect gear - well they buy it on a Monday and sell it a week later .. it's a disease.

And no there aren't any billionaires ...

The silence is deafening.

I can't think of a single reason any sane woman would want to hang out with us.

digitalscream

Ravenous said:

So if I see something I think is pretty despicable but am afraid the minority of knuckledraggers in here will give me have for complaining about it, I should keep quiet and not report it just in case my report leaks out? (I'm asking for a serious opinion, I'm not ragging you.)

My advice on that score would be not to make baseless accusations about the moderation afterwards. We work pretty hard keeping this place humming along, so it's hard not to take it personally when people start criticising you for not moderating stuff that they obviously read and thought shouldn't be here, but didn't actually bring to our attention.

stickyfiddle

My wife has an account I think. Doesn't post though. Very sensible.

digitalscream

stickyfiddle said:

My wife has an account I think. Doesn't post though. Very sensible.

My wife signed up; I banned her account before she could get anywhere.

No sense inviting trouble...and besides, she's not a guitarist or bassist, so she has no business being here

randella

Fretwired said:

Hey girls - would you like to hang out with a bunch of middle aged guys with more hair on their back than their head who are into flooring, rants about Brexit and Trump and rants about pretty much everything else, personal hygiene, cats, bad taste jokes, and bands you'd never heard of ... oh and some say they play guitar - well they collect gear - well they buy it on a Monday and sell it a week later .. it's a disease.

And no there aren't any billionaires ...

The silence is deafening.

I can't think of a single reason any sane woman would want to hang out with us.

That's an outrageous slur! I keep hold of my gear!

And Corbyn. You forgot Corbyn. 

digitalscream

Ravenous said:

digitalscream said:

That's odd - you expect us to moderate according to your tastes but you've only ever flagged two posts, neither of which were for sexism. Or do you expect us to read all of the 1000+ posts per day on here?

(edited for accuracy and less specificity)

Steady on - I didn't realise you were taking note of who reports who and then shaming them on the forum...

(Seriously - you could do a hasty edit of some of the above if you want to reverse this possible problem.)

On second thoughts, you're right. I've edited my post and all the quotes of it to remove the particulars.

TheBlueWolf

Steady on sisters lol

colourofsound

I'll just leave this here and we can all get on with our lives. Sorry I started this thread!

http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/94728/lady-guitarists/

ThePrettyDamned

Ravenous said:

So if I see something I think is pretty despicable but am afraid the minority of knuckledraggers in here will give me hate for complaining about it, I should keep quiet and not report it just in case my report leaks out? (I'm asking for a serious opinion, I'm not ragging you.)

You can anonymously flag posts. 

digitalscream

ThePrettyDamned said:

Ravenous said:

So if I see something I think is pretty despicable but am afraid the minority of knuckledraggers in here will give me hate for complaining about it, I should keep quiet and not report it just in case my report leaks out? (I'm asking for a serious opinion, I'm not ragging you.)

You can anonymously flag posts. 

That's what he was talking about - it's not anonymous, otherwise we wouldn't be able to communicate with the flagger if we need more info.

With hindsight, I screwed up a bit (hence the edit of my post and all its quotes).

bingefeller

Good to see there's not many women on here, just goes to show responsible men are keeping them on a short leash and not letting them run riot on the internet.