How do we attract Skepchicks to sign up here?

[amused]

Re: the OP

[lordpasternack]

By not having a Wilder Web forum dominated by hateful and derogatory thread titles maybe?

How unfair for people to assume that we are hateful and nasty.

... by ignoring the rest of the forum and all the different nuances of opinion expressed by various users, including yourself...

I do dislike some of the snark - but unfortunately I can't be my brother's keeper.

[Kristie]

Someday..

I was for serious. Check out the sub forum in NSFW.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I know what you're saying, Zilla. A lot of us have felt hurt by the assumptions and awful remarks made against the collective

Yes, but you just have to work through it Bella. There is no other option.

Nobody has apologized or me, nor will they. (Just making that clear in case anybody missed it.)

[cowiz]

Back to the OP, I'd bet my last dollar that rape jokes would do the trick. They'd be swarming over here like rapists in a rectory.

[Azathoth]

Back to the OP, I'd bet my last dollar that rape jokes would do the trick. They'd be swarming over here like rapists in a rectory.

http://rationalia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=38495

No bites yet

[Ayaan]

By not having a Wilder Web forum dominated by hateful and derogatory thread titles maybe?

How unfair for people to assume that we are hateful and nasty.

... by ignoring the rest of the forum and all the different nuances of opinion expressed by various users, including yourself...

I do dislike some of the snark - but unfortunately I can't be my brother's keeper.

True. Besides, Myers had the option of dealing with the matter here - he could have confronted Pappa directly in the thread or via PM or PM'd any member of the staff about it. I would have had no problem with him taking it his blog if trying to address the situation here at the forum had failed, but that's not what he did. The thread may not have been the best idea in the history of Ratz, but Myers was the one who decided to bypass locally handling the issue and turned it into Internet drama.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

The thread may not have been the best idea in the history of Ratz, but Myers was the one who decided to bypass locally handling the issue and turned it into Internet drama.

I can remember when he didn't indulge in stunts. I miss that PZ. I don't know if he created the Squid Squad or they created him.

[cowiz]

By not having a Wilder Web forum dominated by hateful and derogatory thread titles maybe?

How unfair for people to assume that we are hateful and nasty.

... by ignoring the rest of the forum and all the different nuances of opinion expressed by various users, including yourself...

I do dislike some of the snark - but unfortunately I can't be my brother's keeper.

True. Besides, Myers had the option of dealing with the matter here - he could have confronted Pappa directly in the thread or via PM or PM'd any member of the staff about it. I would have had no problem with him taking it his blog if trying to address the situation here at the forum had failed, but that's not what he did. The thread may not have been the best idea in the history of Ratz, but Myers was the one who decided to bypass locally handling the issue and turned it into Internet drama.

My bold - of course not, those ideas belong to cowiz, or whatever the fuck he calls *himself these days.

*possibly "itself", no one knows for sure

[Robert_S]

By not having a Wilder Web forum dominated by hateful and derogatory thread titles maybe?

How unfair for people to assume that we are hateful and nasty.

... by ignoring the rest of the forum and all the different nuances of opinion expressed by various users, including yourself...

I do dislike some of the snark - but unfortunately I can't be my brother's keeper.

True. Besides, Myers had the option of dealing with the matter here - he could have confronted Pappa directly in the thread or via PM or PM'd any member of the staff about it. I would have had no problem with him taking it his blog if trying to address the situation here at the forum had failed, but that's not what he did. The thread may not have been the best idea in the history of Ratz, but Myers was the one who decided to bypass locally handling the issue and turned it into Internet drama.

By the same token, Pappa could have gone to the Skepchick site and told them how annoying he thought they were. We (mods) could have pulled that thread into a private area before all the drama happened. We left it there for the entire world to see and some of them did.

What horrible consequences have there been for us? Some people on the net said some nasty things. That's about it really.

Oh, and from now on if i say I'm from Rationalia then I'm going to risk hearing "Oh, that website...".

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I never liked bullies.

[Graculus]

There's zero upside to any Skepchicks joining this forum. Sure the snark here would stop, but it's kinda too late to undo the damage. And if they joined they wouldn't be able to open a conversation about what happened, because any honest dialogue would be declared an attack and they would be banned. If any Skepchicks joined it would *prevent* any amelioration, because you wouldn't be able to talk about it.

And that assumes that the majority here are interested in moving on.

And before you 86 me for saying this, let me say that I've been thrown out of worse places. :-P

[Ayaan]

There's zero upside to any Skepchicks joining this forum. Sure the snark here would stop, but it's kinda too late to undo the damage. And if they joined they wouldn't be able to open a conversation about what happened, because any honest dialogue would be declared an attack and they would be banned. If any Skepchicks joined it would *prevent* any amelioration, because you wouldn't be able to talk about it.

And that assumes that the majority here are interested in moving on.

And before you 86 me for saying this, let me say that I've been thrown out of worse places. :-P

We don't ban people here.

[cowiz]

There's zero upside to any Skepchicks joining this forum. Sure the snark here would stop, but it's kinda too late to undo the damage. And if they joined they wouldn't be able to open a conversation about what happened, because any honest dialogue would be declared an attack and they would be banned. If any Skepchicks joined it would *prevent* any amelioration, because you wouldn't be able to talk about it.

And that assumes that the majority here are interested in moving on.

And before you 86 me for saying this, let me say that I've been thrown out of worse places. :-P

We don't ban people here.

You're banned!

[Ayaan]

There's zero upside to any Skepchicks joining this forum. Sure the snark here would stop, but it's kinda too late to undo the damage. And if they joined they wouldn't be able to open a conversation about what happened, because any honest dialogue would be declared an attack and they would be banned. If any Skepchicks joined it would *prevent* any amelioration, because you wouldn't be able to talk about it.

And that assumes that the majority here are interested in moving on.

And before you 86 me for saying this, let me say that I've been thrown out of worse places. :-P

We don't ban people here.

You're banned!