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Appoint female mods in AH & CA

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  • #92
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,866 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    That's where you should have done the "they could have changed their name for the low low price of €5" plug :)

    Life ain't always empty.



  • #93
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,285 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    That's where you should have done the "they could have changed their name for the low low price of €5" plug :)
    I guess that places a value on 3 months of being able to post in Feedback :)


  • #94
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    nkl12xtw5goz70 wrote: »
    The two largest and most active forums on Boards — After Hours and Current Affairs — are moderated almost exclusively by men.

    AH has 10 mods, all of whom are male. CA has 11 mods, only one of whom is female — but she has not been active on Boards for 6 months, so for all intents and purposes, there are no female mods currently active in that forum either. In addition, both Cmods of these forums are also male. I don't know that we have any currently active female admins, either?

    Meanwhile, a number of female posters have pointed out a misogynistic undercurrent to these forums that they believe mods don't take seriously.

    Whether that's the case or not, it doesn't look good for Boards.ie that its two largest forums have a 20:1 ratio of male to female mods.

    If a woman has an issue with sexism on one of these forums, she's told to talk to the (male) mods. If that fails, talk to the (male) Cmods. If that fails, talk to the (male) admins. She might be forgiven for feeling like it's the 1950s all over again.

    Simple solution: Create a more equitable environment by appointing more female mods.
    I agree.


  • #95
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Davion Witty Marriage wrote: »
    There have been female mods in the past who've stepped down or closed their accounts.


    I know women who were mods. Some of them found the atmosphere less than supportive. They too felt it was sexist. I am not saying that is why they left. But it's noticeable.

    I wouldn't like to be a female mod here. You have an issue you are not addressing. Its a boys club.

    And i say boys rather than men.


  • #96
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Boards.ie: Niamh wrote: »
    The gender distribution of mods is incidental and not by design.
    Why is that relevant?

    Answer its not.


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  • #97
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    Why is that relevant?

    Answer its not.
    Niamh was simply replying to a question - that the lower number of female moderators here is not a deliberate policy.


  • #98
    This is it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭This is it


    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    Why is that relevant?

    Answer its not.

    If people are complaining about one gender being picked as mods over another then it couldn't be any more relevant.


  • #99
    Princess Calla
    Registered Users Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    This is it wrote: »
    If people are complaining about one gender being picked as mods over another then it couldn't be any more relevant.

    Yeah but the poster that raised the issue was being all white knighty about it. They have since closed their account.

    If it was a genuine issue, there would be plenty of posters giving actual solid examples.


  • #100
    This is it
    Registered Users Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭This is it


    Princess Calla wrote: »
    Yeah but the poster that raised the issue was being all white knighty about it. They have since closed their account.

    If it was a genuine issue, there would be plenty of posters giving actual solid examples.

    I don't believe it's an issue, I'm simply pointing out that what Niamh said was absolutely relevant to the discussion.

    Not that long ago, there were at least 3 female mods, and possibly 4, I can't remember if there was a crossover. Times move on, mods move on.

    It's a nightmare to get anyone decent to mod a difficult forum, never mind purposely leaving out female posters for consideration.


  • #101
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users Posts: 16,330 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    Princess Calla wrote: »
    Yeah but the poster that raised the issue was being all white knighty about it. They have since closed their account.

    If it was a genuine issue, there would be plenty of posters giving actual solid examples.

    He then casually announced, all incidentally of course, that he would happily mod CA.

    If I were a cynical person I might think that white knighting wasn't the only intention ...
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php

    >>> Staying Alive <<<



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  • #102
    Princess Calla
    Registered Users Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    Leg End Reject wrote: »

    If I were a cynical person I might think that white knighting wasn't the only intention ...

    It never is :D


  • #103
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    one wonders what yed do if a woman was made mod and then had radically opposing views on the topics on which ye presume her gender would dictate to her.

    be great craic if nothing else.


  • #104
    Princess Calla
    Registered Users Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭Princess Calla


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    one wonders what yed do if a woman was made mod and then had radically opposing views on the topics on which ye presume her gender would dictate to her.

    be great craic if nothing else.

    There have been a few female posters that fit that description over the years.... It's a mercy they weren't mods. Not because of their views but the way they expressed their views.

    The power would have been too much for them :D


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