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https://lemmy.nz/post/18610200/13255360

This user describes how most of the women-centered communities on Lemmy were shut down due to harassment of their members.

Another user adds "We need a safe space, but most of the women I know on here don’t have the time or energy to moderate it. And there’s so few of us, it feels like it’s not worth the effort anyway."

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[-] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Back when I used Reddit, one of my favorite subs was TrollX. If we had a sub with that spirit, it would be a good start.

Are there secret communities on Lemmy? Not that secret communities should be a default, but I was invited to a secret sub on Reddit years ago that was all women. It was a true safe space from harrassment, where we could talk about feminine things that we knew wouldn’t gain traction in main subs. I have no idea how it started, but I knew that users who were invited to join had previously been vetted by the sub’s mods - they saw that I’d made feminist posts and multiple comments about being a woman, and didn’t go around picking fights. It was like a background check.

I don’t believe there is any one solution, but starting with dedicated communities (in the spirit of TrollX), with mods that smack down misogyny and (actual) trolls, sounds like the best way to start.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 17 points 1 day ago

Let's get away from the "X chromosome" bit now that we're not stuck with Reddit's bad names

It doesn’t need to be called the same thing.

I’m also not sure if it matters, but Troll X and Two X Chromosomes were very different subs. Troll X was more of a spin-off, and was never strictly for XX women - it was trans-inclusive by default. That’s what I’m hoping for here too.

[-] Sop 7 points 1 day ago

I was on trollx and it was a nice community. A community with a name derived from two X chromosomes will never be fully trans inclusive though.

Does anyone have a suggestion for a new name?

[-] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Femmy? Might be a bit obvious, but that's how I roll.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 8 hours ago

I feel like community names should be obvious.

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