Allow me to share my opinion on this issue.

I am sympathetic towards the plight of female forumers here. Their concerns are legitimate. However, i also question the proposal, especially the effectiveness of this proposal of having "tag" of female replies only thread.

It may only solve part of the problem. Gender tag can be changed. Some people do not have gender tag too. The proposal will only heighten the scrutiny of gender tag which i think is superficial. The very basis of TS and the proponents to have this proposal is to prevent..

Example of view from this thread:

The TS basis is to prevent unnecessary reply on the GC board. Hence, i believe that people should look at the problem and solving it, not a short-term solution which may cause implications such as judging people........."purely" on gender tag. What they decide on gender tag, is personal issue, but we need to look at more important thing such as the quality of the post.

Solutions?

1. Get one more moderator who is active in GC.

- Moderators, i believe they are humans too. They have real world life that they need to tend to.

2. Change the guidelines (Rules and Regulations) for posting such as people who post sexist comments might be held liable.

Introducing tags will not work, what is needed is the participation of forummers, such as girls to report any comments such as sexist ones....and they need to be educated on what is not acceptable or sexist, or something which do not contribute in answering the problem of any TS who start threads here.

Judging people based on gender tag is unfair, i suggest look at the weight and quality of posting instead.

Conclusion : Tag introduction will not work. Participation from "stakeholders" (especially girls who participate in this board) is important and also look at the quality of the comments instead of gender tag alone.

There are some existing rules which are rarely enforced from what i see and this is just my opinion.


The basis is there. Enforcement of rules, more important.

The rules can be tweaked to serve the needs of GC better. What kind of tweaking? Only girls who do participate on this board knows. It should upheld this board is for girls to console, to ask the opinion of things that are of female nature. However, constructive replies from anyone, should be welcomed.

I saw it and i do agree that it happens.

That is why i suggest, tweaking some rules and regulations.

At the same time, the power is more on girls to report any breaches.

When there is action being taken, naturally, it may help to reduce future breaches.

Moderators, are like us. They need to tend real life activities as well.


I noted the situation.

That is why a combination of...

Active moderator + active observation and participation (also scrutiny) from girls = big difference

Not foolproof (due to the context), but it will help to reduce replies that can be deemed not constructive.

I think start with the basics first. Active mod, rules tweaking and the keenness of girl forumers to spot any breaches.

Problem with rating system is that people may abuse it. It may create false judgment too.