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Though, doing the SomethingAwful approach ($10 one-off membership fee, extremely strict moderation, if you get banned that's another $10) would be an interesting experiment!
The fact that "they/them" is the default user frustrates and saddens me.
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like it or not but things like pronouns, rainbow themes, gender neutral avatars, even masks are used as political symbols to signify allegiance. It's opt-in (like wearing an arm band) and allows people who partake to identify political allies and adversaries. Even pointing this out objectively will get somebody steamrolled.
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Absolutely, but there are certain terms used by MRAs that are political. Just as being gay isn't political, but pushing pronouns or wearing rainbows can be.
GP appears to be making a factual statement (these things are often used for allegiance signalling for political groups), whereas you seem to be attacking them personally. You may need to reread the HN rules.
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"...as long as you agree with us about everything"
As long as you agree not to shit on other people's identities, which should be a given.
How reliable is the `lol` TLD? What if the DNS records go down, or any of the application services provided by omg.lol go down?
Considering that .lol is a gTLD, it's going to be owned by one of the big registries. It's very unlikely that something will happen to it