There have been some headlines about "how we need to change to get taken more seriously" lately.

I'm of the school of thought that we could ban the hell out of the handful of misogynists we have, and we still wouldn't be taken a whit more seriously by the people complaining. So let's not.

What would be more interesting, was an actual survey, so that when people say "r/mensrights are like this and that", we could actually show them how wrong (or right) they are. It would probably still have a very limited effect on the opposition, but it could be more useful in convincing bystanders.

Naturally, the anonymity of contributors need to be preserved, and naturally, it can't just be an open invitation or it'll get stuffed for sure. It has to be on invitation basis, to people who have a decent posting history in r/mensrights (1+ year at least, I'd say). We could aggregate data both by user and by posting frequency, so we can find out which opinions are widespread, and which are just loudly promoted.

Another issue is that many of us are only pseudonymous, and reluctant or effectively prevented from talking in detail about our experiences. We can use throwaways for that, but the problem of throwaways is that they tell us nothing about how widespread a concern is. An anonymous survey can tell far more relably how many of us have experienced e.g. false accusations.

So, (fellow) r/mr regular posters:

  • Would you be interested in taking part in such a survey?

  • Do you trust me to do it, wrt. preserving anonymity?

  • What do you think the seniority/contribution tresholds should be?