Originally Posted by cooperjess

Lmao you can name the group, it doesn't make it any worse. Transgenderism exists in every medical journal going and it has done for a while. To get treatment, you need the go-ahead of two medical professionals (one of whom has to have a PhD), and the referral of counselors and therapists who have literally spent the majority of their medical career studying it. You can say it's made up if you like, but I know who my money's on tbh.

Originally Posted by iSpuds

Join Date: Jun 2016

Originally Posted by Cstelle

I'm sorry - "newfags" "muck everything up"? We need to "teach people" and "force people", because that would "get rid of people"? And that is a "good idea"?

Ha! 4chan! Gotta love you guys! Thumbs aloft!

Originally Posted by naughtylittlegirl

Everyone was new and finding their way at one time. Including you, dear OP. I think it would be nice to have something that directs people a little more clearly to the explanatory sections of the site so people are aware, so in that sense I agree with you. But it is not merely the new people who 'muck' things up. Sometimes it's people who have been here for months and years who make certain interactions on here downright miserable.

I'm not sure it would wade out spammers per se. Or force people to read the rules of the forum - this I imagine would work like the Terms of Service we all agree to after scrolling through really quickly, skimming at best. Unless you're one of those people who reads all of those, then kudos, I applaud you.

People need a grace period, because people are imperfect, not everyone has worked with a forum-based site before, and sometimes we make mistakes. That's why I appreciate our mods who do patiently remind people, explain things, move threads, and then deal with those who are not making an effort or are deliberately going against the community guidelines.

A tutorial works for those who are posting one-liner ads because they don't know what else to write, who don't know what their options even are when requesting dares, etc.

What about the other side of this? How would the tutorial address people giving unsafe dares, though? Or simply ones that are poorly thought out? What about how to reply to ads (because as someone who posted a substantial ad, the issue is not merely with ads posted but how people choose to reply), and how to message other users decently? Would the tutorial also include what is and is not proper conduct in a chat room? Could it include connecting new users with more seasoned ones (because we have some incredibly long-term users on this site) in a kind of orientation/mentorship sort of way?

Or are you more just frustrated with having to wade through a lot of 'spam' and brief ads/posts in the threads to find what you're looking for?

If the issue is just getting people to read the rules...then I don't know how a tutorial is going to accomplish that. The Terms of Service phenomenon I described above - people will click through the tutorial as quick as possible.

If the issue is getting people to understand and adhere to the community guidelines and give them some genuine assistance in navigating the site and being a part of the community so they can enjoy gD too, then I think there are a lot more elements that could and probably should be addressed in a tutorial.

Originally Posted by Purelife

that Jewish flow tho

Originally Posted by RiskyFlame

I somewhat agree with Bleona. When someone is born in the wrong body and finds this out at a (very) young age, this person probably wants to chance the body. However, even though the person chose another name already and wants to be threated like the opposide gender, he's still the same sex/gender. Only after the operation, everyone sees the person as the other sex. Before the operation, not everyone does; probably the family (and some friends) only.

But then again, everyone should be able to call themselves whatever they want. I find gender a somewhat loose term these days, so whatever. But when we're talking about what sec you are, look between your legs.

But, yet again, on getDare everyone should be open-minded. If you don't want a girl in a boy's body or the other way around, then clearly state so.

I somewhat agree with you, but I also think that people should be able to call themselves whatever they want. Because it's the consequences that counts; the possibility of getting rejected.