Men on TE?

[Trek420]

Hmmm...as the primary 'target' of the awful thread, I didn't think it was so awful. It was an important discussion that was remarkably civil in its debate.

No, you wouldn't think that. Actually it was pretty G** awful and some have never been back. I'll just speak for myself there was grieving for the character of this place. We'd come to see as a womens community/space or for some to think that alone is what makes this board so great.

We've tried to figure out "why is this board unlike other boards" and thought it comes down to that. I think it's part of it, but not all.

Some of us who'd been here a while feared for its demise or be just like any other board.

Look, still here, still the best dang place in cyberspace

But perhaps we were being naive. I miss being naive. I miss leaving doors unlocked and answering the phone without caller id too.

It's the world wide web not the womens wide web. You can't put a sign that says "women only" and expect most men not to peek in I don't think I want this board to be like "some other womens boards" ahem where there's an approval process, that smacks of cliques, discrimination and eliteism.

I don't think we gave TE enough credit. Maybe it's more than "just" a womens board but a community where the primary rule is "civil conversation and discussion" and not "women and Mr. Silver only".