That’s a fair point. I will admit it comes across a little nitpicky, which is something to be wary of if you’re building bridges with someone new to allyship. This is the point where some people will dig their heels in due to embarrassment.

Thanks! What word would best fit in this context?

ETA: I’ve just changed it to “gender identity” - seems appropriate to cover the other topics being attacked also.

I am so upset by how gender identity is now a key political issue, and I’m so fucking sorry to all of you that are directly affected by it. You don’t deserve this cruelty.

It’s great to hear from the mod team. I understand Beehaw as being a place that values respect, trust and discussion in good faith. I’d sum it up as “good vibes”. I made note of a comment somewhere on here that I gauged as primarily intending to rile up OP (effectively “what is the point of this post”). Not a horrendous comment by any means, but I’d classify it as being “not nice”.

Using Beehaw instead of other instances comes at the cost of missing out on places like lemmy.world, although they can certainly be used in parallel. In my view, the gain of being here is respectful conversation. I accept that some emotional volatility is to be expected when politics or the like are being discussed. Are users ever given a gentle nudge to “be(e) a little bit nicer next time”?

Thanks for the transparency. There’s a big appetite for this sort of platform, so I hope you’re able to lean on other volunteers to avoid overloading yourselves.

Thank you for your hard work, and thanks to the donators for making this possible!

Apologies if this has been asked elsewhere, I haven’t seen it: How are the core team compensated for their work on the platform? I appreciate that it’s a passion project, but I’m sure y’all have bills to pay.