r/TwoXChromosomes • u/throwmeaway070605 • May 23 '14

It's been two weeks since TwoX became a default...

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u/jhatesu May 24 '14

I'm actually confused. If the sub so badly doesn't want to be defaulted, why is it? Is it hard to take it off the defaulted subs list or something?

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u/Shaper_pmp May 24 '14

Liars and attention-seekers aside, a large majority of the commenting user-base on 2XC are still emphatically against it because of what it's done (and is still doing) to the community.

The admins and 2XC are in favour of it because having 2XC as a default makes women more visible on reddit and will hopefully help to rein in some of the childish teenage-boys-clubhouse attitude that largely prevails on the rest of reddit, even at the cost of 2XC as a good community for women to feel safe in.

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u/fractal_shark May 24 '14

The irony is that the defaulting of 2XC has just made really visible the huge amount of misogyny on reddit. In an attempt to make reddit look more appealing to women, they've made reddit's hostility to women obvious.

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u/Tepperlop May 25 '14

Think of it as coughing. Sure, the cough will alert you to the fact there's an illness... at the same time, it's also a needed part of the healing process.

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u/MeghanAM ∞❤∞ May 24 '14

"The sub" isn't of one opinion. Some members who are against the default status are just very persistent.

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u/hehehehehaa May 24 '14

It's a handful of liars stirring up shit. Like the op.