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Is there a specific reason Elpha isn't positioned as a community for all persons to talk candidly online? I look forward to a future where such platforms exist

Is there a specific reason Elpha isn't positioned as a community for all persons to talk candidly online? I look forward to a future where such platforms exist for all people, and don't need to be bound to any particular kind of identity. I'm concerned about such tools, despite being well-meant, widening divisions rather than healing them.

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jonnybgood 8y ago
There are plenty of communities that allow all persons to talk candidly online. However, these communities of all persons tend to be dominated by the majority voice while other voices get drowned out. These majorities don't usually consist of women and other groups.
- thereisnospork 8y ago
  I find my belief that women are equal in talent and ability contradicts the notion that such segregated 'safe spaces' are anything but sexist; how do we reconcile the opinion that women are equal with the opinion that women need segregated spaces (professional-related)?
  - burkaman 8y ago
    You can probably reconcile by talking in person with women who use these spaces.
    - thereisnospork 8y ago
      Is this not the most (or at least a) reasonable place to discuss? It would seem rude to walk into a club and ask 'why should you exist'.
  - jonnybgood 8y ago
    "Segregated" is an odd word choice. A historically disenfranchised group that now has the power to create avenues for themselves is what I would call equality. It is not a segregated space, but an act of empowerment.
DanBC 8y ago
> Is there a specific reason Elpha isn't positioned as a community for all persons to talk candidly online? Possibly to save them the tedium of having to answer fucking stupid questions.
dang 8y ago
"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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jonnybgood 8y ago

There are plenty of communities that allow all persons to talk candidly online. However, these communities of all persons tend to be dominated by the majority voice while other voices get drowned out. These majorities don't usually consist of women and other groups.

thereisnospork 8y ago
I find my belief that women are equal in talent and ability contradicts the notion that such segregated 'safe spaces' are anything but sexist; how do we reconcile the opinion that women are equal with the opinion that women need segregated spaces (professional-related)?
- burkaman 8y ago
  You can probably reconcile by talking in person with women who use these spaces.
  - thereisnospork 8y ago
    Is this not the most (or at least a) reasonable place to discuss? It would seem rude to walk into a club and ask 'why should you exist'.
- jonnybgood 8y ago
  "Segregated" is an odd word choice. A historically disenfranchised group that now has the power to create avenues for themselves is what I would call equality. It is not a segregated space, but an act of empowerment.

DanBC 8y ago

> Is there a specific reason Elpha isn't positioned as a community for all persons to talk candidly online? Possibly to save them the tedium of having to answer fucking stupid questions.

dang 8y ago

"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html