Issues such as this one in the SSF if reported will be dealt with.
No one reported it. No one.
I cannot have eyes on the literal thousand posts that SSF builds each day. I just don't have staff for it. We rely on users to be those eyes and point us at things that are issues. Sometimes we look after a report and decide that there is no issue. Other times we act.
Harassment will get fast action.
PM harassment gets very fast action when forwarded to me. Use of our PM system as noted above ends in loss of ability to send PM's from such accounts.
The issue of crude male posters scaring off female users has been one that we have been dealing with since day one. It's a pretty simple issue at its core. Put a communication system in the hands of thousands of people, that allows the sender to be invisible and safe regardless of action, and you'll get behavior that is over the line and disgusting. I don't get many propositions for lubing my feet with man juice, but I do see a lot of death threats, and I'm gonna fuck you up PM's so I know how it is.
A percent of the human population will abuse a tool that for the most part is a good and positive one.
I've shrugged off all my bad mail over the years, and am even amused by it on some days. But I know how off-putting sexual come-ons and such can be to a young woman just stepping out into the adult world of sexual exploration. Hell, even for a mature assured woman deleting the cum drenched PM's becomes an spirit killing job after a while due to volume that makes one go 'why bother?' after a while. It's a real issue, and sadly not one that is easily solved.
All I, and the forum can do, is to handle issues as they pop up, and make it more trouble for such folks to keep at it, then it's worth to them. The most effective solution we've found is the same one that works for trolls. Don't reply, don't show any effect that its an issue. Silence over time makes them leave, as they get nothing from it. Report them to us and we'll vanish them as they stick their heads up. But say nothing to them. All that does is feed 'em.
I regret that many of you in this thread have been troubled by this segment of our community, and know that we do our best to deal with it, when we are made aware of it.
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