https://lemmy.nz/post/18610200/13255360

This user describes how most of the women-centered communities on Lemmy were shut down due to harassment of their members.

Another user adds “We need a safe space, but most of the women I know on here don’t have the time or energy to moderate it. And there’s so few of us, it feels like it’s not worth the effort anyway.”

    • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
      37·
      2 years ago

      The admins of what? There is no singular “admins” of the Fediverse. That’s kind of the whole point.

        • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
          7·
          2 years ago

          I still don’t read it that way, but assuming it is, that is still unreasonable. There are simply too many differing viewpoints, by design. The best option for this sort of thing is to start a female focused instance. It won’t be able to affect the wider fediverse directly, but it would be able provide the space that is seemingly absent atm.

          • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzOPEnglish
            27·
            2 years ago

            There are simply too many differing viewpoints, by design

            The instances which support women don’t have to federate with the instances whose viewpoint is that harassing women is fine.

            • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
              4·
              2 years ago

              Maybe they should, but it’s not going to be a black and white issue for most admins. There’s a reason instances like blahaj and yiffit exist. A space like that for women would be the most realistic way to get the protections for female users in the fediverse that you’re saying should exist.