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How to increase engagement of cis women on Lemmy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by jsomae@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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In a poll on hexbear (see link), it was observed that there are very few cis women on Lemmy. I think this is the intersection of several problems:

engagement of women on Reddit was always low
fewer women in computer science
I'm hesitant to recommend anything fediversy to people who don't tinker with computers like I do and thus might need a more handholdy UX.

I gather that transgender people tend to be more into CS, though I don't see why that explains entirely such an astonishing presence of the transgender community on Hexbear.

Anyway, I just thought I'd open the floor to brainstorming.

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[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 60 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Ok, ladies: Would you rather out yourself as a woman online, or spend the night in the woods with a bear?

[–] growsomethinggood@reddthat.com 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Anyone thinking that lemmy is a welcoming space to women should read through that thread first.

Edit: the current state of Lemmy and the fediverse reminds me heavily of early reddit, for better and for worse. You can curate some pretty supportive communities if you are careful picking them out, they remain well moderated, etc. But there are plenty of places where you'll get scummy content if you wander or if posts attract too much attention.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago

Touché(e?), but an anonymous poll is different.