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Philosophy of OvaritKeep the invite system
Apologies if I’ve missed any official comments on this, but I’ve seen a few comments now suggesting this with a lot of positive feedback so figured I’d make a dedicated post!
What I personally think:
There’s a ton of attention on us right now from our #1 fan clubs, just waiting to “cheat the system” and wriggle their way through. With the current invite-only system, even if they got ahold of a code, banning them and tracking who they’ve invited is an easy task. Having open registration would eliminate that trail and make ban evasion a breeze, even IP bans could be bypassed if they had used a VPN while invite-only would take much more time and effort.
Of course (wo)manpower to approve all requests is a big hindrance, but I think ensuring a female-only space for the long run is a higher priority than automatic approvals and sheer numbers right now (quality over quantity). Like many others, I was a lurker on r/GC for a long time before actively participating beyond just voting, my views and opinions hadn’t reverted just because I wasn’t commenting. If people are interested in reading our content then I think they’ll visit regardless, and waiting even a few days for approval won’t make any noticeable negative impact.
I think that maintaining the invite system is a good idea...at least for the next year...and, possibly, beyond. It's wonderful to be able to engage with other gender critical feminists from around the world without having to be distracted by gender self-ID trolls and ideologues. There are other spaces on the internet where GC feminists and gender self-ID campaigners can debate.
But, perhaps, an effort could be made to encourage established Ovarit members to actively use their invites?
I'm now at Level 5, and now have the ability to invite others, but, am flummoxed as to whom to invite. There are gender critical women in my extended family, but they're conservative and Trump supporters. In my social networks, most of my women friends are liberal, and, I suspect, pro-gender self-ID or simply not interested. If I were active on other social media sites, I guess I could extend invites to posters who seem feminist and GC sympathetic, but I'm not.
Suggestions?
I'd be interested in learning how other Ovarites are deciding to invite new people in. Heck, I'd be interested in a "Growing Ovarit" circle to discuss how best to expand our membership.
Honestly, I've been inviting women from said.it. I am not fond of the site, but it seems the word is getting around that said.it is the place to be if you are GC or GC curious. I mentioned I had the ability to invite some people and I got several requests!
Obviously, I check their user post history, or ask for proof of reddit history (if they lurk on said.it) to review and make sure they're not a troll. If they can't provide either, they aren't getting in.