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[–]RedJackalRampant homosexual 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

For some reason I'm not able to make a thread. It says "Submissions restricted." How can I do that?

[–]NutterButterFlutterStill waving into the void[S,M] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Thread posting permissions are restricted to a list of approved users only, and we're not accepting requests to become an approved user at this time.

LGBDTT has a pronounced problem of dedicated trolls and astroturfing, so users need to demonstrate they are here in good faith before representing our sub and movement. We do hope to open up fully in the future again, but there is no timeline for it yet.

You can ask mods to submit a thread for you by messaging us, or another user you're friends with to submit on your behalf. You can also keep commenting until we're accepting new approved users and/or open sub posts to everyone.

[–]verytiredverygay 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This seems like a potential problem for community engagement though. Dealing with trolls is important, but it'll also be difficulty to keep fresh blood engaging with posts from people already in the community. I think most places strike a balance by restricting new thread creations to users with an account that's older than a certain age, and a certain number of posts created (10 - 20 is a safe margin usually). That way you don't have to manually go through approvals, and it presents enough of a barrier for casual trolling. Only dedicated trolls will go to the effort of posting stuff that appears to be legitimate and have the patience for threadmaking, which allows them to be weeded out more easily.

I know there's still a lotta folks from the great Reddit censorship era like myself (goodbye gendercritical and any lesbian subreddits) still trying to find like-minded people to connect with.

[–]NutterButterFlutterStill waving into the void[S,M] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

We welcome newcomers and like-minded people to our community, you just have to start in the comments instead of representing us immediately by sharing on our behalf.

This sub is in a downslope of engagement at the moment and that's OK. LGB "Drop The T" will persist and remain a space for our people, whether we are 5 or 50,000 strong.

You're a 20 day old account reacting to 6 month old comment on a nearly 2 year old post. Our sub has been here 4+ years and experienced quite a lot that you're not aware of. Your advice may be good-intentioned, but we (and even SaidIt as a whole) are well past it.

[–]stunaep 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

it's your restrictive policies that are choking this sub to death

[–]stunaep 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's been about a year since you've "accepted new posters"

Might as well just delete this sub and kill the place and get it over with

[–]NutterButterFlutterStill waving into the void[S,M] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I apologize for the second reply and potentially spamming your inbox, but since you asked about posting -

If a user is not on our approved list, comments also get monitored/restricted temporarily. We do this as a sub decision, it is not a SaidIt rule or action.

At this time, LGBDTT removes comments from users who are not on the approved list, and will manually approve them as appropriate. So its sort of like shadowbanning, but temporary.

All users of this site can review our mod actions (including the Automoderator bot) in the public modlog.

[–]RedJackalRampant homosexual 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Thanks, NutterButterFlutter. I believe when the group first started, all users who came from LGB Drop the T on Reddit were included in the approved list. I was one of them - if you need my Reddit username at the time, just let me know. I'm not so familiar with Reddit terminology honestly.

In the meantime, I'll submit threads to you as I don't know anyone personally or any other mods, but I'll limit it not to inundate you.

[–]NutterButterFlutterStill waving into the void[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If you can send a Modmail with your old Reddit username, that would be great! I think I know who you are from there, but am not 100% certain.

[–]bucetao6969Ace spectrum | LGB should respect religion practicers 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Hey could we have a sticked thread that allows non-gay people to ask questions? I think it could do wonders to this sub help clear confusion that the LGBTQ+ movement does to people also they won't be banned unlike reddit where you can get banned for anything

[–]NutterButterFlutterStill waving into the void[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

We can only have 2 stickied threads at a time, so we have this one and the Banned/Censorship mega-thread.

You can discuss pretty much anything at all in the weekly Sunday Socials, as long as it doesn't violate our rules on language or SaidIt site policies.

[–]bucetao6969Ace spectrum | LGB should respect religion practicers 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I didnt know about these threads, thanks

[–]NutterButterFlutterStill waving into the void[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

All site users should read the sidebar and detailed rules of the subs they visit.

This post gives quick links to ours in particular to make it easier for mobile users since their visual experience can differ depending on how they access the site. Desktop users can see everything on the right side.

I didnt know about these threads, thanks

You have commented in the stickies and the Sunday Social u/brucetao6969, and you send ModMail to me to post on your behalf ... so why do you claim ignorance of our sub and not know how we operate?

[–]LesbianManiactransphobic lol 0 insightful - 1 fun0 insightful - 0 fun1 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

About time to do that