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We need members to actually report posts that go off into politics, or become aggressive or off topic. I have seen posters write "off topic, please stay on topic", as a reminder, but if the offending poster continues others need to report it to the mods, with or without warning to the offending poster.
It appears that many do not know that there is a "report" icon in the upper right corner, or what the other icon means either. Maybe a sticky needs to be put at the top of every subject? Or, if someone is getting slammed, another poster could take it upon themselves to inform the poster what to do, whether public or by DM.
Bottom line, IMO, is that the posters need to become more vigilant in keeping our boards on topic and not be afraid of offending anyone or being a PITA to the Mods.
I believe most non-political forums have an injunction against political drift. More rigid enforcement of that limit, however tiresome for all, might be a start.
The rule is already in place. It's up to members to abide by it and report, as Lodestar suggests.
What percentage of the posters demanding a "respectful" forum where posts may not deviate at all from the original subject would you say are female? How many females in this thread? Just a suggestion, but you may want to try out a subforum that is expressly for women. Women only. I think you'd be surprised at how many men would abide by those rules. Frankly, most most men would not be interested in the first place. You would be free from someone calling you a name and you could even more stringently enforce no deviation whatsoever from the original subject in the initial post in the thread. I'm being completely serious. Create a females-only subforum and you will be shocked how quickly you get the forum that women want, but do not get, here and on many other forums.
What percentage of the posters demanding a "respectful" forum where posts may not deviate at all from the original subject would you say are female? How many females in this thread? Just a suggestion, but you may want to try out a subforum that is expressly for women. Women only. I think you'd be surprised at how many men would abide by those rules. Frankly, most most men would not be interested in the first place. You would be free from someone calling you a name and you could even more stringently enforce no deviation whatsoever from the original subject in the initial post in the thread. I'm being completely serious. Create a females-only subforum and you will be shocked how quickly you get the forum that women want, but do not get, here and on many other forums.
I take it you recognize that my generalization is accurate. Just look at this very thread. You don't even need to have a feminine username most of the time to tell if that poster is male or female.
I've been surfing the Interwebs since 1995. Very, very few women participate in online forums. They don't generally participate because very women enjoy debating things and they don't enjoy the insults that are common. In contrast, men tend to enjoy the former and tolerate the latter because that is how men often interact with each other in "real life." It's not a big deal to most of them. The online forums that work for women are ones like the mommy forums, which are basically 100% female.
There's nothing wrong with having forums that are women-only. You could open it up to any topics and, like I wrote before, you could enforce even more stringent controls on deviation from original topics and closely police language.
I take it you recognize that my generalization is accurate. Just look at this very thread. You don't even need to have a feminine username most of the time to tell if that poster is male or female.
I've been surfing the Interwebs since 1995. Very, very few women participate in online forums. They don't generally participate because very women enjoy debating things and they don't enjoy the insults that are common. In contrast, men tend to enjoy the former and tolerate the latter because that is how men often interact with each other in "real life." It's not a big deal to most of them. The online forums that work for women are ones like the mommy forums, which are basically 100% female.
There's nothing wrong with having forums that are women-only. You could open it up to any topics and, like I wrote before, you could enforce even more stringent controls on deviation from original topics and closely police language.
Having reviewed your history on this forum, and having seen that you have been (rightfully) reprimanded by moderators of both genders, I think perhaps your issue isn't so much with women in general, but with following forum rules. There is a solution for that. You could always go off and start your own forum.
I seriously doubt that TPTB here are going to consider forum segregation by gender. An inability to handle respectful discourse on a public forum isn't just a "man" thing, btw. There are plenty of women who can be equally obnoxious.
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