I admit that I just assumed that this rule would be in a place where you have to be able to see it before posting.
Now after your comment I’ve looked for it and the rule has only been announced in a pinned post. I agree that this is too hard to find; not everyone reads through every post in a community in case there are any rules for posting hidden in them (espefially when that post doesn’t even mention the words rules in its title). So I agree that this one’s on the community, thank you for clearing that up.
How does a community like that stay exclusive? It’s not like it’s difficult to lie and say you’re a woman. As for asking for photo confirmation we have AI nowadays so that isn’t a guarantee.
It usually relies on honesty.
If the vast majority of users is honest (which I would assume is the case in communities like this, because what big interest would men have in impersonating a woman just for answering to women’s topics) then you can have rules that you cannot really enforce. And you still benefit from them, I think there’s a lot less men posting with that rule than without it.
I admit that I just assumed that this rule would be in a place where you have to be able to see it before posting.
Now after your comment I’ve looked for it and the rule has only been announced in a pinned post. I agree that this is too hard to find; not everyone reads through every post in a community in case there are any rules for posting hidden in them (espefially when that post doesn’t even mention the words rules in its title). So I agree that this one’s on the community, thank you for clearing that up.
How does a community like that stay exclusive? It’s not like it’s difficult to lie and say you’re a woman. As for asking for photo confirmation we have AI nowadays so that isn’t a guarantee.
It usually relies on honesty.
If the vast majority of users is honest (which I would assume is the case in communities like this, because what big interest would men have in impersonating a woman just for answering to women’s topics) then you can have rules that you cannot really enforce. And you still benefit from them, I think there’s a lot less men posting with that rule than without it.