Time to stop the rot.

[918177]

*sigh*

I was hoping things would have settled down by now but continuing escalation
in WI has brought this to a head.

I would like to see US - the women and men who want a better WI to start taking and
asserting our own power.

No, we're not powerless.
Yes, we have tools at our disposal to push back.
They do work.

We need to be the change we want to see.

We first have to look at the nature of the trolls we're dealing with.
There's some deep seated pathology behind these posts.
A pathology that DOESN'T want to get better.
Doesn't want therapy.
Doesn't want solutions.

What do they want then?
What's the pay off for this behaviour?
The simple answer is ATTENTION.
They are bottomless pit of need and regardless of how much attention, ANY
attention they get it's never going to be enough.
Manipulate, lie, troll, provoke anything and everything as long as posters
are responding in any fashion - it's all good to them.

We all are rightfully outraged and indignant when someone manipulates us.
And it rankles our warrior spirits when we identify it happening.
But the thing is with this sort of pathology you can't argue with it.
It's NOT going to bow down to logic or reason.
It's not going to stop under the crushing weight of condemnation
from the membership.
The troll is in their element with all this attention and all the fuss
has focused in their direction.
That's their pay off.
This is WHY they're doing what they're doing.

Let us make a pact to stop enabling this pathology.
Let us make a pact to stop being manipulated.

IT'S TIME TO SAY ENOUGH.

It's time to put these sick manipulative people on ignore, starve their pathology
and start asserting our personal power to make WI the place it should be.

 

[MickeyLee]

My ignore list has been getting a work out of the last few months. To the point that is is rare not to "show ignored content" at the bottom of any page in WI.

Starve 'em out. Let 'em turn on each other.
Will be a shame to miss the bloodbath *sigh*

 

[Enid]

I agree. Freeze out = best option.

It can be SO tempting to click take off ignore so you can look at the dumpster fire but the truth remains the best way to put a fire out like that is just to deprive it of air or fuel or whatever

 

[918177]

My ignore list has been getting a work out of the last few months. To the point that is is rare not to "show ignored content" at the bottom of any page in WI.

Starve 'em out. Let 'em turn on each other.
Will be a shame to miss the bloodbath *sigh*

I hear you but desperate times...

You don't starve something by continually feeding it.

 

[MickeyLee]

True. No matter how hard you hit it, ya can't beat out a grease fire with a barbwire wrapped baseball bat.

 

[deleted924715]

Yep. Came to the same conclusion last night and had myself an "ignore" spree

They can yap away - I'm not listening.

Their rhetoric and agenda bores me. It's not like they know any women or are ever likely to, so their hanging around WI is an act of desperation. Desperation isn't a good look on anyone.

 

[918177]

I want to apologise to the awesome men who inhabit this site who aren't engaging in this sort of behaviour for putting this thread down here where you can't respond.

For that you have my most heart felt, deepest apology.

Here is the only place I felt we could have this conversation in the open without
input from the peanut gallery.

Please know that you are in my thoughts and I hope that if you are reading
this you'll join in with us to freeze these elements out of the conversations.

This will only work if it's a joint effort and we need your help.

Thank you.

 

[Tight_N_Juicy]

It is very obvious what the intentions are for these over-filled ball-bags.

They can't get what they want in their sex lives because of their arrogant and disrespectful ways, so they eagerly shit all over the women dominated areas of the site so they can feel like they at least interacted with a female at all. Negative attention is still attention.

I just hope the mods are equipped to deal with the flood of reports that will be coming from the WI section. That's all they get from me now, is reported for hostility and trolling. Even if action isn't taken in every case, it'll be my part to be done.

I won't use the ignore function specifically so I can see when they're trying to pull their shit. I will silently report the infractions and be on my merry way.

To all the men who hang in WI and are always fun, respectful, and bring actual valid points to sincere discussions: I fucking love you fuckers.

 

[LaFemme]

I agree. Freezing them out is the only option. My ignore list is massive.

 

[Enid]

I went on an ignore spree today!

I will comb through more threads to find others to either put on ignore or put back on ignore

p.s. i think this will help me not to drunk or high respond to people when i should not -- rot can not exist in a vacuum

 

[918177]

*shameless bump to the top*

I am enjoying the site SOOOOOOO much more now that I've given the IGNORE
function a work out.

It's actually a pleasure to be here now.

How are you find the site now if you've gone the wholesale ignore route?

 

[693987]

*shameless bump to the top*

I am enjoying the site SOOOOOOO much more now that I've given the IGNORE
function a work out.

It's actually a pleasure to be here now.

How are you find the site now if you've gone the wholesale ignore route?

Pretty dang cozy and pleasant. It's not all sunshine and rainbows, which is fine because that would be fucking boring, but it's a lot more enjoyable overall!

 

[918177]

I agree.

All rainbows and lollypops is boring.

There's a difference between intelligent, robust respectful debate and outright trolling and attention seeking.

One is to be encouraged and the other systematically ignored and shunned.

 

[Enid]

I agree.

All rainbows and lollypops is boring.

There's a difference between intelligent, robust respectful debate and outright trolling and attention seeking.

One is to be encouraged and the other systematically ignored and shunned.

I agree! I tried to be careful about my ignore spree and just put those I feel are too incendiary and not enough intelligence and fair-mindedness. The attention seekers and those filled with hate.

I feel like those are the people to ignore, because inevitably for me, I wind up responding one night and ya know it's just bad news bears when that happens

 

[MickeyLee]

My ignore list is so big it cuckolds smaller ignore lists.

 

[918177]

I agree! I tried to be careful about my ignore spree and just put those I feel are too incendiary and not enough intelligence and fair-mindedness. The attention seekers and those filled with hate.

I feel like those are the people to ignore, because inevitably for me, I wind up responding one night and ya know it's just bad news bears when that happens

And you know, like any addict denied their fix, will go to any lengths to get their "need" met.

Even start a passive aggressive thread to provoke a response.

 

[MickeyLee]

Passive Aggressive Fred needs a wallop upside his head.

 

[918177]

Passive Aggressive Fred needs a wallop upside his head.

*lays out an assorted selection of house bricks*

Choose your weapon.

 

[Tattooed Goddess]

I think three out of my five bans was me just trying to fight off the proverbial idiotic fungus that had attached itself to the women's issues forum. Sadly damn near every good female on the site was banned for trying to defend their turf all the while the guy who was the troll nearly got a slap on the wrist.

 

[deleted924715]

I must have passive aggressive Fred on ignore