News Aggregator Fark Adds Misogyny Ban 748
An anonymous reader writes The news aggregator Fark is ancient in dot com terms. Users submit news links to the privately run site and tear it — and each other — to pieces in the discussion threads. (Sound familiar?) While the site isn't as popular as during the early 2000s, the privately run discussion forum has continued and has its champions. site operator Drew Curtis announced today that Gifs, references, jokes and comments involving sexism will be deleted. "Adam Savage once described to me the problem this way: if the Internet was a dude, we'd all agree that dude has a serious problem with women. We've actually been tightening up moderation style along these lines for awhile now, but as of today, the FArQ will be updated with new rules reminding you all that we don't want to be the He Man Woman Hater's Club. This represents enough of a departure from pretty much how every other large internet community operates that I figure an announcement is necessary."
Given how bare-knuckled Fark can be, is it time? Overdue?
Given how bare-knuckled Fark can be, is it time? Overdue?
Sigh (Score:5, Funny)
mehinator2000 (Score:1, Funny)
Hopefully they make some kind of machine that detects when men have mysognist thoguts so we cant have these kinds of thoughts in our heads too...
Long overdue (Score:5, Funny)
This is long overdue.Thank god for the censorship which will shape our future.
Re:Sigh (Score:4, Funny)
I think it's called marriage.
Re:Much ado about nothing (Score:0, Funny)
>gender I don't need to mention
>constant use of feminine pronouns
You are wearing a tower of twelve fedoras.
Re:Lipstick (Score:5, Funny)
That's how we got Kim Kardashian.
ROTFL (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot is a haven for rational thought
Stop it, please. You're killing me.