BREAKING NEWS: Because of the gender issue and other issues people have raised with proboards, I will be moving the forum to another platform, probably phpBB. Just give me a few hours! I’ve locked the proboards forum down in the meantime. Post below with any thoughts and/or advice.
You asked for it – well, a majority of those who took the poll did. You got it! The Man Boobz Forum is open for business. Right here, right now.
I hope the discussions here on the blog will remain long and spirited and sprawly, but now you guys have a place to go to discuss, well, whatever you want to discuss, actually (within the limits of the forum’s comments policy, which you should all read). Raise you own issues, link to Man Booby stuff, link to off-topic stuff, link to your own blog, talk about books, talk about Magyck the Gendering cards, plan get-togethers, you name it. One bit of warning: I’m going to try to keep discussions on the forum a little more civilized than they tend to be here on the blog; this means I will be more stringent about the commenting rules and much quicker to ban offenders, temporarily or permanently.
I encourage everyone who regularly comments here (and who wants to post on the forum) to register there using the same nickname you use here. Also, please post a comment here after I approve you (just to verify that it’s really you behind both accounts). If you’re a regular commenter here and you’re interested in being a moderator of the forum, let me know.
Note on gender: Not everyone here identifies themselves as male or female. Unfortunately, proboards requires you to check either “male” or “female” when registering. The good news, for those who don’t fit the gender binary or who simply don’t want people to know what gender they are, is that you don’t have to display your gender in your profile or posts. (Go to your profile, and click “modify profile” and you’ll find a way to “hide” your gender as well as other ways to customize your profile.)
Post any feedback you have about the forum here or on the forum itself.
And enjoy!
I registered on the forum, but I don’t know if I will use it. I flipped a coin for ‘gender’. Best bit: the captcha was ‘a good man in hard to find’. lol
They don’t let nicknames with spaces in, so I just registered as Victoria. But it is saying that only staff are being allowed to register right now.
But, MBZ forum… woohoo!!
Oops! How did this happen? I thought I scheduled this to go up in about .. 12 hours.
Ah well, all that means is that some people will have to wait a bit before I approve them for the forum.
Anyway, welcome! Now I will go off and approve you guys and then actually start the forum going for realz.
Is there a way to get a third gender option (haven’t finished registration, due to said issue)?
Yeah, darksidecat, I wondered about that.
ditto to dsc and magpie.
darksidecat, unfortunately I can’t do anything about that. I could set up a group for people who don’t want to identify as male or female, but unfortunately you’ll still have to check one or the other on registration.
Ah, a solution of sorts: you can go to your profile and click “modify profile” and hide your gender. I realize that’s not perfect, but that’s the choice available.
So, I signed up under the name Sarah. (And as a man, just for shits and giggles.) But it’s not letting me log in yet? I am slightly confused.
And I would love to be a moderator! =D
Ok, it’s really really up now! And I just approved a batch new members. Have at it!
Are you kidding me? This is a problem worth talking about?
I signed up as Snowy
Yay! I am now a forumite! =D
And do you mean the gender issue, Mr. Al? Because yes, yes it is. Gender identity is very important! And we have a disproportionately large number of genderqeer types posting here, I think.
OK, think of it this way. It asks if you’re “male or female”, not “man or woman”. You ARE either male or female, unless you’re intersex.
I don’t like how us members can’t have capital letters in our names. This seems like a clear example of administrator privelege stemming from the moderatorarchy.
OK, think of it this way. It asks if you’re “male or female”, not “man or woman”. You ARE either male or female, unless you’re intersex
So what are the intersexed supposed to do?
What if the intersex is really subtle, like an androgen insensitivity?
Yay! Now I can mostly lurk and randomly comment on the forum too. 😀
I have registered!
registered and now am just waiting from Approval on High
Do we get to wear stickers saying “approved?”
Hey Futrelle, can you see IP addresses on the forum?
Apparently instead of Tabby Lavalamp or even just Tabby, I’m “tabby” now.
Also just waiting for approval.
And also now wanting a third gender option because the request for one offends MRAL so much.
I wanted to go by my name on here but there was no room so I went by my first interwebz nickname.
male or female and man or woman do NOT necessarily mean different things
what do you think I circle on forms and in this forum MRAL?
it’s not asking for your genitals, it’s asking for your gender -_-;; If you don’t think this is a big deal, then you don’t need to talk about it. It’s a big deal for others, like DSC who identifies as neither.
Everyone is approved! Regardless of credit rating.
(I can’t actually see your credit ratings. I can however see your IP addresses.)
I have a possible solution to the gender issue btw… so everybody hold your horses :3