So to preface this is posted in literature.cafe’s meta community but this question is primarily aimed at generally anyone in the lemmyverse who is NOT a cisgender man no matter what instance they may be in. The purpose of this thread is to present a stage for conversation for those willing to contribute, and although cisgender men are not excluded I kindly ask you to be mindful of the fact what this thread is meant for and try to avoid talking over others here. If you are a cisgender man interested in learning and seeing how lemmy can improve like I am: welcome. For those who are here to cause issues or talk over others though, you will be promptly removed. I do not know the demographic data of lemmy, but I would wager a large portion are male. And over the past few weeks I have witnessed women on numerous occasion discuss their discomfort on here. Reddit very much had a very “bro-y” feeling culture for many, that felt like a barrier to entry to many women. With lemmy, there’s a potential to break this. But the answer really is how? Lemmy has begun to develop into its own culture already independent of Reddit quite rapidly, and it’s been awesome to see but I am wondering if there’s a way we can push it a step further and implement ways to make the platform more welcoming to women than Reddit previously did. Thoughts?

"So to preface this is posted in literature.cafe’s meta community but this question is primarily aimed at generally anyone in the lemmyverse who is NOT a cisgender man no matter what instance they may be in. The purpose of this thread is to present a stage for conversation for those willing to contribute, and although cisgender men are not excluded I kindly ask you to be mindful of the fact what this thread is meant for and try to avoid talking over others here. If you are a cisgender man interested in learning and seeing how lemmy can improve like I am: welcome. For those who are here to cause issues or talk over others though, you will be promptly removed.

I do not know the demographic data of lemmy, but I would wager a large portion are male. And over the past few weeks I have witnessed women on numerous occasion discuss their discomfort on here. Reddit very much had a very “bro-y” feeling culture for many, that felt like a barrier to entry to many women. With lemmy, there’s a potential to break this. But the answer really is how? Lemmy has begun to develop into its own culture already independent of Reddit quite rapidly, and it’s been awesome to see but I am wondering if there’s a way we can push it a step further and implement ways to make the platform more welcoming to women than Reddit previously did.

Thoughts?"

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      10 个月前

      I think the hexbears have the right idea with pronouns, which is why I've adopted the practice for my handle. Seems like one of the problems with bro culture is an assumption everyone is male until proven otherwise, so this undercuts it.

      I think that's an excellent answer and really would help across federated sectors if it were implemented, "nonpolitical" tears about it or not.

      • thelastaxolotl [he/him]
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        10 个月前

        you have to go to settings by clicking on you account and manually change your name to add your pronouns

      • Freeanotherday [he/him, they/them]
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        10 个月前

        I think it's only works on hexbear accounts ATM.

        Maybe get a hold of one of your admins. I am sure our nerds would be willing to help add them to your instance, If they are interested.

        • VHS [he/him]
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          10 个月前

          i think it depends if your instance will let you change your Display Name. on many instances you can change it freely, on hexbear it's always just your username with your pronouns appended to it. not sure about the startrek site

        • comrade_pibb [comrade/them]
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          10 个月前

          Hexbear uses the display name setting to add pronouns to your username. Other instances you have to do it manually