Feminist subreddit made new default

nrokchi · 2014-05-07T23:06:49+00:00

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rocketskates84 · 2014-05-07T23:46:58+00:00

Good for them. No shits given here. Why does it bother you so much?

mojo_magnifico · 2014-05-08T03:26:33+00:00

Get this Fox News-style fear mongering out of here.

Truly disappointed at how emotionally invested yall are in fucking reddit defaults. Who gives a shit? Also, I just visited /r/TwoXChromosomes for the first time and it does not strike me as feminist in any right.

Sidebar rules say

Respect: No hatred, bigotry, assholery, utter idiocy, misogyny, misandry
No tactless posts generalising gender. We are a welcoming community. Rights of all genders are supported here.

bradyo2 · 2014-05-07T21:00:13+00:00

Is this a joke? I'm lost for words as to why this is a default sub?

I've just been on their front page, and a poll asking "should TwoX be a default subreddit" is up.

8% have said yes 67% have said no.

I can only assume it was handpicked by the admins to indoctrinate new Redditors with feminism and attract more women to the site.

I think you're correct, and it's an admin's agenda putting this as a default, however, it will make no difference to TRP. Even if it did somehow take the sub down, there are plenty of other websites which can be used as TRP's replacement home. We'll be fine.

GuildedCasket · 2014-05-08T17:17:06+00:00

It's a place for women to talk about women stuff that they may feel uncomfortable talking about anywhere else. It's a bit weird they got defaulted, as the people there definitely didn't want that as it increases the influx of detractors, but it's not like the subreddit is unworthy or trashy or any number of things people have said: it just caters to women's issues, like TRP caters to a certain kind of men's issues, except much less controversially and more universally (discussing medical problems specific to women as well as things related to sex). What is the harm if one female focused subreddit is defaulted, really? Why do you care at all? It's not like they defaulted SRS.

Besides, if you look at lots of the posts it's not even radically feminist: a recent post about a rape case that was posted was shot down because the case clearly wasn't rape, there was a woman asking how to make her wedding as cheap as possible, and there was someone ranting about how one night stands do not equal rape. This is nowhere near the "end" of RP or reddit.

2014-05-07T21:18:04+00:00

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InfraredPillpusher · 2014-05-07T20:36:01+00:00

From a post titled "Hey hormones. Chill the eff out" regarding wanting babies after period (ovulation), despite otherwise regularly not wanting children

This frenzy only lasts about four days, and then after that I am insanely grateful that I have the IUD because I do not know what I would do if I did not have that level of contraceptive protection. Poking holes in condoms, "forgetting" to take a pill. My body even goes so far as to think "Hey you, random good looking man who is not my husband! You are a great candidate to imagine you impregnating me!" I would never cheat on my husband, but this brain is being held captive by my uterus and it's only demand is to be filled with BABY.

GayLubeOil · 2014-05-07T21:57:49+00:00

Reddit has to do what Reddit has to do to be profitable. Feminists love to blog about their hurt mad feels and how the government should protect them. If reddit can attract more subscribers with stupid shit like #banbossy they definetly should. The more Feminism is forcefully pushed on people the more some will rebel and come here.

ibuprofiend · 2014-05-08T00:06:16+00:00

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Aalewis__ · 2014-05-07T22:44:10+00:00

Imagine how much butthurt there would be if this sub was made a default.

serialstitcher · 2014-05-07T22:06:12+00:00

This not a big deal or a sign of a feminist bias conspiracy. They doubled the number of defaults from 25 to 50. Do you really expect a few stinkers to not be in 50 subreddits? I definitely can't name 50 high quality TV channels out of all I have ever seen. They basically added a mediocre female gossip reddit to their package, again similar to cable practices. If "the view" is on TV, just change the damn channel.

I8ASaleen · 2014-05-07T21:44:56+00:00

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rednukleus · 2014-05-08T06:40:45+00:00

Wow, what a big deal this is. What a problem this presents for us. Oh wait. You're all being a bunch of butthurt whiners over nothing -- a harmless ladies subreddit where girls on the internet can chill. My mistake.

2014-05-08T01:55:08+00:00

The reddit admins are trying to make reddit appeal to new usergroups. Historically, women haven't been very interested in reddit. /r/TwoXChromosomes is one of the most popular subreddits for women.

This is really pretty obvious.

UnamusedPunk · 2014-05-08T00:23:22+00:00

Reddit dropped its frame and failed the shit test.

nrokchi · 2014-05-07T23:55:58+00:00

In the event it was handpicked, I believe a more reasonable explanation would be that it was chosen by an individual or two, not a decision of an overwhelming number of moderators or administrators. Someone made a case for it, was convincing, and so it was done.

People will read it, form the own opinion, and move on. That sub is not a gold mine of anti-men or neo-feminist propaganda. For example, a quick look over there during the writing of the comment has posts such as: "Bought pregnancy tests at the dollar store... cashier was rude!", "How can we get this wonderful community taken off default?", "Hey hormones. Chill the eff out.", and "Rape =/= One Night Stand. A short rant.".

So, before you lose your shit over some anti-feminism hysteria, take a second to remember some of the core tenants of TRP: be cool, be rational, and be just.

TheRedTrader · 2014-05-08T13:00:43+00:00

Is TwoX even feminist? It doesn't seem so to me, it seems like a female space with at least a significant minority (perhaps a majority?) who are actively opposing default status.

kommissar_chaR · 2014-05-07T23:44:33+00:00

I think you give the admins too much credit. I think it's a ploy to increase the female user base. Nothing more, nothing less.

awfukbye · 2014-05-08T03:15:49+00:00

And not a single f.k was given that day

slcjosh · 2014-05-08T18:49:29+00:00

Who gives a shit.

barneygumbled · 2014-05-08T14:42:50+00:00

The highest comment on the thread at the moment is how to get out of default...Looks like their own community doesn't want it.

Methinks a small handful of influential members have pressed for this.

aslutrifles · 2014-05-07T23:16:45+00:00

/r/mensrights (with far more subscribers) used to be a default sub and lost default status just because it wasn't feministic enough.

FG_SF · 2014-05-08T03:13:41+00:00

Is panicking about the Internet very Red Pill?

Sirinon · 2014-05-08T08:48:06+00:00

Do we really care though ? Many of the 2x members also see this as a bad thing, look at this as an interesting social experiment.

Zackcid · 2014-05-07T22:55:49+00:00

R.I.P. to the other thread one of our brothers posted about this earlier today. It was brigaded to oblivion and ceased to exist on our front page. I'm happy this thread has positive karma total, so that it can actually be seen. http://redditlog.com/snapshots/536929 (previous thread)

7r1993rWarn1n9 · 2014-05-07T22:24:04+00:00

I can only assume it was handpicked by the admins to indoctrinate new Redditors with feminism and attract more women to the site.

Nah, I doubt most of them care about that. It's probably more about trying to present a much maligned site as progressive and tolerant and all that. Basic PR stuff.

MachiavellianRed · 2014-05-08T00:21:36+00:00

Do you see trouble brewing?

I always see the potential for trouble to brew.

Is Reddit turning into Tumblr?

No, you could easily spin that and say due to the reputation reddit is getting because of TRP, they've done that to clean off some of the mud that TRP has dirtied their reputation with. There's no need to look into these things and speculate, we can all manipulate a point to make something look like something as I have just done, most likely they want to retain a female demographic to exploit for ad revenue.

And if so, should TRP have a lifeboat on another site that we can turn to when this sub is eventually taken down?

TRP should have a lifeboat. Bookmark http://puerarchy.com and follow endorsed contributors on twitter if you want a contingency plan. If ECs wanna reply here with their TRP social media to put some minds at rest, do so.

Aweshocked · 2014-05-08T02:18:33+00:00

I'm subbed to this sub reddit because I find you guys entertaining

rlaptop7 · 2014-05-07T23:47:40+00:00

Hang on. The results of their own poll had a overwhelmingly "no" slant the entire time that it was up.

http://www.poll-maker.com/results93952xc07440Ca-4#tab-5

It sounds as though /2x doesn't even take their own advice.

Marbles73089 · 2014-05-08T08:35:07+00:00

Question: why should any red piller be concerned at all? Why should we give a shit whats been made a default subreddit?

SeniordelaNoche · 2014-05-08T23:26:31+00:00

You should have a life boat on another site. In fact just go there now. I assure you the people on reddit without mommy issues will not be bothered by your migration.

elition · 2014-05-08T01:34:49+00:00

Man, fuck Reddit. Back to /pol/ for me

AuctionSniper · 2014-05-08T00:25:35+00:00

Me, I don't go on the front page to begin with. Either way, it doesn't bother me.

binrobinro · 2014-05-08T02:05:21+00:00

Good. We needed more humor in the default subreddits.

ibuprofiend · 2014-05-07T21:06:02+00:00

even their trashy subreddit doesn't want to be default rofl. some poll on their shithole (could barely find it do to the miserable design) says 85% of them don't want to be default.

thankful to have trp mods that care about our community. would really suck to not only be a bluepill moron but then belong to a sellout community run but morons.

to answer your question, we don't need to lifeboat to another place just because reddit is run by and populated with bluepills, betas, and white knights. wanna know why? because this isn't a reddit thing. this is a world thing. the world is populated with these kinds of people and you'd be a fool to think you can just avoid it forever.

Strongproudwoman · 2014-05-07T21:28:31+00:00

I wouldn't worry about this. If they want more emasculated men and men fall for this stuff so be it. I'm going to keep on marching to my beat.

swaggertank · 2014-05-18T04:33:51+00:00

This is blasphemy!

I_am_jacks_reddit · 2014-06-20T11:48:01+00:00

I personally don't see the problem. If women need some place to go to talk to each other about women shit then that's fine with me. I think it's good it's a default because it's going to get a lot of the feminists that are new to the site to post shit in their instead of in AskReddit or another super popular sub.

Offensive_Brute · 2014-05-07T22:16:37+00:00

That subs not so bad. There are some pretty cool down to earth chicks there. They are usually drowned out by the fat loudmouth short haired uggos, but they are still there. They identify as feminists, but they are the kinda feminists that find fullfillment in staying home, raising kids, sucking dick, and baking.

Lawgick · 2014-05-08T01:06:20+00:00

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h00nigan · 2014-05-07T23:39:41+00:00

I'm ok with it. Everyone knows what low-quality trash hits the default subs.

duckducklandwhale · 2014-05-08T00:06:34+00:00

Well duh. Can you not spot the feminism friendly admins? (Just informed they actually removed MensRight as default back in the day because feminists complained loud/persistent enough). It's quite obvious especially when you consider something like SRS is still around despite breaking rules via blatant doxxing and general site disruption similar to /r/GameOfTrolls. The rest of the site is headed towards feminization and promoting beta traits. All we need to do is make sure masculinity and personal commitment to it stays strong and we'll ride it out. Though, to be honest I used to be especially progressive and pro-feminism but their insanity, childishness to opposing viewpoints, and chide police nature have actually made me fairly against it.

However they did pick some stupid ass subs to be default though other than that one.

slcjosh · 2014-05-08T18:43:17+00:00

You guys are so incredible paranoid and fixated on this evil feminist conspiracy it's mindboggling...

Falconalpaca · 2014-05-08T01:52:24+00:00

What's wrong with feminism? Just asking, not making any sort of statement.

Edit: Annnd downvotes. If you want to promote discussion, then try not to mute the person asking questions.

jacobman · 2014-05-07T23:24:39+00:00

No male, which is the majority of reddits user base, wants to see posts about vaginal bleeding and the like. 2X is specifically for women's problems and has no business being a default subreddit.

SchrodingersRapist · 2014-05-08T02:33:49+00:00

Is Reddit turning into Tumblr?

Hasn't it been Tumblr for quite a while?

poopyhitlerballs · 2014-05-08T03:31:22+00:00

It's Conquests second law: "Any organization not explicitly right-wing sooner or later becomes left-wing."

Ucanthandledatruth · 2014-05-07T23:59:38+00:00

Reddit is a private company. They can do what they want.

Mandeponium · 2014-05-08T17:15:23+00:00

Who cares. Default subs suck anyway. They are just garbage collection.

r/funny, r/politics, etc.

SmellyJelly22 · 2014-05-07T23:32:43+00:00

I lurk on twoxchromosomes and I can tell that sub will get absolutely crushed when its exposed to a broader cross section of society that will call them out on their horseshit.

lagspike · 2014-05-08T04:54:52+00:00

I see this as a blessing in disguise, just think how much shit they will have to deal with...or how many facts they will have to refute, contrary to their usual norm of bullshit by the truckload. when it wasnt a default, they could circlejerk amongst themselves with little to no criticism. now? a lot of people are going to call them out on their lies.

i'll be watching with popcorn in hand.

Engineer3227 · 2014-05-08T14:52:16+00:00

I can't believe there is a submission on their front page of a girl who got black out drunk and cheated on her boyfriend and immediately there are stupid feminists screaming that it was rape.

They don't fucking know that. Just because you get black out drunk doesn't mean you can't consent to having sex. What the fuck...

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RedDeadRepentance · 2014-05-09T00:46:36+00:00

I went through a couple pages and I'm so tempted to comment. I must refrain.

randomnightly · 2014-07-17T23:11:28+00:00

TwoXChromosomes in not feminist. 99% of it is stereotypical girly stuff about sex, relationships, boyfriends, shopping, products, female body parts, make up, romantic comedies, romance books, U.S centric politics. I read it sometimes but have to scroll through 1000s of links to find something interesting that is not completely negative. I don't accuse them posting relevant activism links and news but there are other channels for this. I just would like to read something interesting that other girls like that is not completely girly. I am a feminist (mostly about basic human rights) and 2xc is exactly opposite of feminist in my mind. Except those news links.

ibuprofiend · 2014-05-07T22:57:44+00:00

Hmmm, so many subs that become defaults unexpectedly experience a large drop in quality. Is that possible with this particular sub?

joe_bruised_ego · 2014-05-08T05:31:45+00:00

Now that they’ve given those women what they want, I’m sure they’ll be grateful and content for a whole three nanoseconds before issuing new demands.

StasisNation · 2014-05-08T06:33:20+00:00

Meh. Imo it makes sense. It's one of the saner, not porn orientated female subreddits. If admins want to welcome women, promoting a women-orientated subreddit was the right thing to do.

Meanwhile, the users of said subreddit don't want to be defaulted. If they don't want the responsibility of being a welcoming community, they should give up their spot to /r/Gonewild. Perfect representation of the most popular female subreddit.

baroncuttlefish · 2014-05-07T23:57:09+00:00

"...if so, should TRP have a lifeboat on another site that we can turn to when this sub is eventually taken down?"

"BOOKMARK OUR OFF-REDDIT SITE: www.Puerarchy.com "

Luckily it seems TRP mods and admins have this covered in the side bar.

Edit: formatting, because cant quote and have a link inside.

SariaLystra · 2014-05-08T02:30:30+00:00

I downvoted this because it doesn't fucking matter what feminists are doing. We already know they're just full of shit and crying rape at every possible corner. All that matters is that you keep your neck above water and you take advantage of female bullshit to get yourself laid. Let them hamster away and cry rape all day. Its not helping you improve your lifting and its not helping you become a better person.

It contributes nothing new to our knowledge.

cooltrip · 2014-05-08T05:47:44+00:00

I can't help but wonder: does this mean many women are leaving Reddit because many men are openly expressing and discussing, on subreddits such as r/trp, what they've learned about women through past years, and these experiences and the image of women they've led men to are not positive?

IGoldSrsLinks · 2014-05-08T02:29:25+00:00

Hey OP, ever think they 'downvote brigade' was just an adequate response by us for a flawed, illogical post? It's about money, not pushing feminism. Have you been in their sub? I had a look and it's a joke; women complaining about a rude cashier and them crying about being made a default. Not exactly radical feminism right there.

Beast66 · 2014-05-08T02:45:05+00:00

What if the mods did this because they wanted to show everyone how stupid feminism is? There are a lot of down vote brigades occurring on the page right now and people are posting stating that they no longer feel comfortable sharing their posts on the subreddit due to its newfound popularity. In essence they wrecked the subreddit by making it a default.

Only_A_Username · 2014-05-07T22:46:47+00:00

If it's the feminism that advocates for issues that are actually important like equal pay (and not "equal pay" as in "I can't do this job as good as you but I should still make as much as you"), then while I don't condone it I also don't think that it's as bad as you're making it out to be. But if it's basically a safe haven for special snowflake tumblrinas that intend to "fight the patriarchy" and wholeheartedly believe that they ( most likely upper middle class white chicks) are a victims of "rape culture then" the admins can just fuck right off.

pounds_not_dollars · 2014-05-08T04:57:46+00:00

It's not I'm my defaults yet does that mean there is a delay before it goes up?

Modified_Hackware · 2014-05-07T22:15:04+00:00

They should have defaulted /feminism if they had to pick one... At least over there they generally hold women accountable and responsible for their actions first and don't seek to place a twisted sense of hypo agency on women.

biffsocko · 2014-05-08T03:34:33+00:00

An interesting thought about Tumblr. We should just invade that site.

JackyRho · 2014-05-08T11:32:09+00:00

wat? wow, now i see why extreme feminists are all assholes... because this exists.

jkonine · 2014-05-08T01:50:26+00:00

Im not very concerned. It's going to be a hilarious shithole within a week.

Bitterposer · 2014-05-08T11:50:29+00:00

Let me explain what's happening.

Women constantly complain that reddit is "hostile" to them and they need a "safe space" where they can not be bombarded with rape threats and stuff. Ok, understandable. The only problem is that "women's spaces" quickly take on an extreme feminist, left-wing character and become "hostile" to men's issues or any idea or perspective that doesn't always take the woman's side.

Furthermore, there are no feminist subreddits worth a shit. Because much of feminist theory is bullshit, and most feminists emotionally immature psychopaths, they can't defend their ideas in reasoned debate. Add to that the fact that extreme feminists spout crazy nonsense that offends even regular feminists, subs like r/feminism fail because the moderator has to ban everybody unless they match his (yeah, the main mod of r/feminism is a guy, weird, right?) particular brand of feminism.

So, twoxchromosomes is left. Problem is, the women in that sub don't want to be defaulted. They know that they are hysterical and irrational, and they don't want "reasoned debate" or "educated opinions" or even male perspectives. seriously, read the thread on there right now with the community whining about defaulting. They just want to whine and be patted on the back and consoled. In trying to be a "safe space" for women, TwoX has become extremely sexist.

But of course, the only reason a person would spend all day moderating a subreddit for no pay is to feel powerful, so naturally they will welcome being made one of the "defaults."

bitzin · 2014-05-08T02:17:35+00:00

I don't understand the process of deciding which subreddit gets made default. For a while r/atheism was default and you can bet that converted millions of christians and generally did awesome things for the world.

bringer_of_fight · 2014-05-08T14:09:31+00:00

when I saw that I wondered if the red pill was a default is well, lol

2014-05-08T15:40:06+00:00

I think Reddit is a bit too expansive for it to actually turn into Tumblr. Tumblr is popular with a particular age group and is usually seen as where the "outsider" kids go to hang out, which explains all of the social justice nonsense that emerges from there. Redditors are unabashed realists, so if they do try to use any feminist subreddits to indoctrinate Redditors, they're in for a bumpy ride.

0ringer · 2014-05-08T17:35:51+00:00

fitness is also now a default

HemlockMartinis · 2014-05-08T02:23:14+00:00

Hahaha you guys are a joke.

CrazyForYouToo · 2014-05-08T10:23:40+00:00

Man, they're rallying the troops over there like they just got global tv coverage of one of their mod's wedding. Kinda cute, really.

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KATYNBESTDAYOFMYLIFE · 2014-05-08T18:06:11+00:00

I don't see why you people are butthurt at this. Making 2xc a default sub will increase exposure to more non-feminists and encourage discussion. If anything this will make the subreddit less circlejerky and make opinions more diverse.

Not everything is "muh misandry" you know.

2014-05-08T02:56:08+00:00

Lifeboat for sure

2014-05-08T03:57:22+00:00

And here we go.

2014-05-09T05:37:19+00:00

Who the fuck cares? Let's entertain the idea that Reddit is staunchy misandrist. The Red Pill isn't a social movement in the vein of Men's Rights. We're just here to spread knowledge and truth. Men's Rights, The Manosphere, and The Red Pill is bigger than Reddit.

Let's look at the more realistic scenario: Reddit is heavily male dominated. What's an untapped demographic? Women. How might you attract women? Make a woman's sub a default. Hell, that sub isn't even RadFem.

Sure, it might actually bring in more trolls and such for us. But there are plenty of other places: Roosh V forums, The Rational Male, and even less known Red Pill subs.

Get your panties out of a knot, and put on some boxers and go about your day. The best thing we can do to spread The Red Pill is to live it and bring men into our fold through example.

AlmostRP · 2014-05-08T02:39:18+00:00

What's this change? Society panders to feminism, we continue doing what we do. Nothing changes, if you were wondering.

2014-05-08T06:42:47+00:00

Women happen to be half the world, and reddit is oriented for everyone.

thus they need a place to bitch about and talk about their adventures.

admins being incredibly biased towards feminism is a common occurrence on many many places like this online. luckily TRP is alive and well, MRA is alive and well. SRS is deep in the mud, our lives get better, their bullshit will be written in the history books after 2020 and new problems will arise.

joe_bruised_ego · 2014-05-08T17:58:52+00:00

seems they aren't too thrilled about it themselves.

Usually when people have sound ideas and good concepts they welcome the chance at reaching a wider audience. They need a "safe space" from being called out on their bullshit.

shadowbananas · 2014-05-07T20:19:24+00:00

Old news. Learn to use search function.

ihadalyfe · 2014-05-18T17:37:45+00:00

I hate women, don't you? It's not like they have every right to the things we have. Fuck people who have the power to create another human. Am I cool yet?

Feminist subreddit made new default

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Title	Feminist subreddit made new default
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Date	May 7, 2014 8:17 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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