What you suggest is a wonderful ideal, but the fly in the ointment is that there are people who will abuse that level of freedom toward their own selfish ends. This site is intended to be a place for safe discussion of TG issues by a wide range of individuals and certain restrictions on content are needed to ensure that those intended to use the site are able to do so without fear.Originally Posted by Rachel80
I am glad that my spouse and I can come to this site without fear of being confronted with explicit photos, gutter-level language, or highly-charged off-topic discussions that take emphasis away from TG issues. I'm also happy that we will be reasonably protected from abuse, flaming, or other negative personal behaviors.
I was around in the heydey of Usenet, and it was a wonderful, wide-open way of communicating. It was intentionally designed to be uncensorable. For the most part it worked well, but the hidden qualification was that one had to be either in the military, industry, or academia to access it which meant that the initial users were well-educated and possessed a certain level of self-discipline. Times changed, the Internet opened up to everyone and Usenet was infested by endless trolls, spam, serial posters, and mindless circular discussions. When you had to sift through 100 useless posts to find two that were relevant the fun and usefulness went out of it. I'd really hate to see a great resource like CD.com sink to that level.
The Genetic Male section does allow discussion of these sensitive issues.
