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!
So let’s switch now 🙂
I like being nebulous
Well, I don’t.
So don’t.
Ami, I appreciate the suggestions but I don’t have the time, money, or technical savvy to set up software on a separate web host.
My suggestion is this: how about EVERYONE on the forum “hide” their gender on the forum, just as a way to acknowledge the issue and show solidarity? I’ve hidden mine.
We should all write notes to the proboards folks as well.
Proboards is kinda clumsy, various problems as noted above (and having used them, I personally dislike them) AND there’s the gender issue for at least 3 ppl (who have posted above) and perhaps more (we have a lot more lurkers than we think, some of them talk to me on Facebook xD )
I think we should switch now, cuz it’d be easier than switching later and losing all the posts, or worrying about exporting posts, or etc etc :] It’s not like signing up again is this terrible deal, and as I said, if you need help, David, I’ll help :3
I don’t think it’s necessary to switch now or anything. A lot of communities start on Proboards because it’s easy to use and simplistic to set up. Just know that if you get big enough, you might have a few issues.
I’m putting off registering until after this gets sorted out. For the record, I don’t care.
http://www.freeforums.org/
http://www.freeforumhost.com/index.hs
Ami, I don’t get it. Why don’t you just identify as female? It’s not like the Proboards police is going to come over and interrogate you.
http://www.forumotion.com/en/create-forum/
Ami, I can set up private boards. The easiest way would be to set up boards on specific topics that are password protected, then give the password to a limited set of people. (I can keep track of just who is allowed on which boards and regularly change the passwords to keep them secure.) There may be other ways to handle this; I’ll look into it.
Post here if you like the idea; email me if you’d like me to set up a private board on a specific topic.
If it’s an issue of effort, I’ll sign up and set it up right now :3
MRAL, I don’t get it. Why don’t you just leave her alone? It’s not like it’s affecting you directly or indirectly. It’s a problem you don’t understand. Either try to understand it, or just don’t bother bickering about it, because you don’t get a say in it.
MRAL I DO (you’re the one who thinks I should ID as male by what you said above -_-)
It’s the others above, I’m trying to accommodate 🙂
I never said you should identify as male, I don’t give a shit what anyone calls themselves, unless it’s “USian”.
Alright, fine. I’m not trying to be a douche. Forget I said anything.
I just don’t see the problem if you can choose whichever you want.
But some people can’t. Some people don’t see an option which they feel is an honest reflection of who they are. What do you want those folks to do, lie?
All right. Let’s hold off for a bit. I’m going to look into some of the options that Ami has suggested. I have a few other things to deal with at the moment, but should be able to get back to it in a couple of hours.
In the meantime, I’ll lock the new forum down.
The proboards forum that is.
this is bullshit.
Ami, could you hold off on the new forum? I’d prefer to set it up myself. I’ve locked the proboards forum down, and will get a new one set up sometime this evening.
ok
no problem
i was planning to turn the forum over and change the password and give it to you :]
after i did the hard stuff at the beginning :3 that way you wouldn’t have to do too muc and you could still customize the whole thing yourself
i’m not trying to usurp your power, just trying to help the comm and you :] i am sry for being overzealous…
MRAL-being respectful of others is never bullshit. That is why we still treat you fairly decently despite your complete lack of deserving.
Ami, I appreciate the help. I just want to check out what options I have for customizing, moderating, etc etc before committing to phpBB as a platform.
Okay, I’ve registered as Pam and my reg has been approved
doing the locked forum thing for personal/triggering/etc talk is easy too…. just leave the whole forum publicly postable and open, and just allow as members everybody here who is not a troll (i suppose if they want to sneak in they can but that’s true of nething) :]
ok :] i understand
when i get into creating things, or etc.. i can get v into it xD (as my 88 magyc cards show)
Hey, if you modify your profile, it lets you choose a username with upper case letters and spaces and all that other complicated stuff. So now I am forum user Johnny Pez!
HUZZAH!
Sarah, thanks for seeding the board with topics!
And thanks to everyone for registering.
It looks like the blog platform Ami is recommending is a better choice than proboards, so I’m going to go ahead and switch to that.
Sorry about the confusion/inconvenience! But I think the forum will be a happier experience for everyone on the phpBB/forumotion platform than on proboards.
It’s my pleasure!
So, should I refrain from posting until you get the phpBB stuff set up? Or will transferring posts be easy?
Registered… Woo hoo.
David, are you planning on keeping the comment threads here along with the forum? I’ve made this suggestion before, but perhaps you could migrate the comment section to a post in the forums, perhaps under a “Blog Posts” board. That way everything can be streamlined and easy to follow and so-forth.
Oh noes… And of course I completely misinterpreted what your last post said, David… Guess the forum stuffs will have to wait.
My vote is to migrate the comment section to the forums.. so it keeps things streamlined and less confusing 🙂
like create a new post on the forum when a post comes here
and add a link at the bottom of here says “want to comment? click here!” or something that links to the forum post :] (i know some blogs that do this… girl-wonder for one..)
My plan is actually to keep the comment threads here going alongside the forum. I’m hoping it won’t bee too confusing and/or distracting to have both.
I may reconsider later, depending on how things go.
Ya know, I was thinkin about gettin my johnson hacked off and permanently sewn up my ass, as well as popping out my left eye and having a pussy sewn into the empty socket.
I demand my new gender be called PUMA-PIE.
Which stands for Penis Up My Ass, Pussy In Eye.
And don’t be callin my no pussy-eyed penis pooper. I’m just so sick of the negative gender stereotyping. Gender is a construct damn it.
Holy crap I’m funny!
WOW YEAH THAT WAS SO HILARIOUS
Wait, was it Mr Slave who dislikes all caps or was that someone else? I do know he definitely dun like these XD XD XDDDDD
That’s AWS who hates caps xD He’s Kirby’s NWO xD AWS is obsessed w/ Kirby like NWO is w/ me xD
@Snowy:
That was AWS. Shame he isn’t here…
@NWO:
Wow, you’re so funny and insightful. It’s like you can zero in on the real issue of transgendered people, the desire to make up an entirely new gender, consisting of randomly reassigned body parts. Yup.. How very intelligent and witty of you… yup…
AWS that’s right! Oh well, I tried.
Funny how “gender is a construct” somehow translates to “I can construct my own gender,” not “gender doesn’t define who someone is, it is something bestowed upon them.”
kirbywarp… transgendered people and reassigned body parts. What a crazy thought. It does sound insane doesn’t it? HAHAHA. Keep on keepin on, you people rock!
Well, you certainly sound insane. Maybe it’s the maniacal laughter.
@NWO:
Randomly reassigned body parts. Randomly. As in without rationale or reason. Kinda the important bit you missed.
Transgendered people aren’t trying to drill holes into their eyes or put penises on their shoulders. They are altering their body to the “gender” they associate with. Unfortunately this is kind of hard for me to get across to you, because it involves a great deal of understanding and nuance. So, whatever. Keep on trollin, man, keep on trollin. Unless you actually want to learn something. In which case ask away, I might actually answer your questions for once. 😛
Personally, I think ppl should be able to do what they want w/ their body. xD If he wants to do that he can go right ahead.
@Ami:
Well, yeah, technically.. But its kinda like the people who say “Well, if you let gays get married, why not let people marry rocks? Or dogs marry cats? Or people marry goldfish? Adults marry two year olds? Or let brothers and sisters marry?” Basically, its trying to take a reasonable position and equate it to what is meant to be a horribly unreasonable one. But of course when the two aren’t equivalent, the tactic falls flat.
Hm. That’s an interesting point, Slavie! Is gender really just a construct? I think a lot of it is! A lot of what we associate with gender is culturally produced. But I’m not sure all of it is! Now I’m not arguing that there is an objectively correct way to present, or anything like that, but I think there may be some inherent part of human nature that makes gender somewhat meaningful.
NWO, you already suffer a rather severe cranio-rectal inversion, so I’m not sure that’s gonna work.