03 April, 04:49
vTubers.Me supports vTubers and creators of all diversity, which yes does include trans creators. At the time of making the original post on the vTubers.Me account, I was wanting to show that we support all creators and will take action against those that choose to harass or discriminate any creator. People have brought up arguments saying because I did not mention trans creators directly that I am transphobic, which is far from the case. I was really trying to fit what I could into one post and I admitted in a follow-up the quality of it suffered because of it.
03 April, 04:49
People argue "Why didn't you make a thread, twtlonger, etc?" Because most people only view the first post, I know posts with links have less visibility, and I wanted the post to be the same across all platforms, so the quality of the post suffered. I wanted all creators to feel safe and welcomed to our platform.
Now, regarding the gender options, the web version was released with "Male", "Female", "They", and "Other", because I was still unsure how I wanted to handle it. There was also a bug in the first release of the mobile version that caused only the male and female options to be chooseable/displayed (which did not change what you inputted on the web). Based on user feedback, from both before and after the site launch, I've decided that the best option would be simply a pronouns text-field.
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03 April, 07:14
I feel like the fields of "she/her," "he/him," "they/them" and "other" with a blank option would be excellent options to accommodate as many people as possible: e.g., butches who use "he/him" pronouns as part of their gender expression but identify as women, or nbi people who use alternative pronouns to the neutral "they/them" e.g., "ze/hir".
In practicality, it makes sure that everyone is able to best self-describe, and contextually it demonstrates a willingness to accommodate and an understanding that every individual is able to have the choice to express themselves freely.
In practicality, it makes sure that everyone is able to best self-describe, and contextually it demonstrates a willingness to accommodate and an understanding that every individual is able to have the choice to express themselves freely.
03 April, 07:17
Bear in mind that this is just my two cents as an oldhead transsexual gay man who sees you as one person trying your best to look out for everyone, whcih is a monumental task; so please don't take my response as telling you what to do, because ultimately you are the arbiter of how you want to run your own website, I simply wanted to share my perspective as someone who's been on the internet for 20 years and identified across much of the LGBTQ+ spectrum for most of my life. (:
Keep up the great work!
Keep up the great work!
03 April, 05:12
For gender options, I recommend:
Male
Female
Non Binary
Other
Prefer to not disclose
I think that is a good starting point, at least
Male
Female
Non Binary
Other
Prefer to not disclose
I think that is a good starting point, at least
03 April, 05:19
Replying to Mistress Briley 💋😈🔞's Post
The point is that they were unsure where to go with it, so they put temporary fields while bugs were being fixed and while they decided what to do.
Choosing to do a text field so you can input whatever you want for gender sounds great as it can represent anyone without throwing everyone into 'Other.' ^^
It makes a lot of sense as to why it came to be like this and honestly, I don't even think the 'They' aspect was bad as someone that identifies as Non-Binary. It made sense and language is about conveying meaning. It succeeded in that and wasn't offensive in my opinion. ^w^
Choosing to do a text field so you can input whatever you want for gender sounds great as it can represent anyone without throwing everyone into 'Other.' ^^
It makes a lot of sense as to why it came to be like this and honestly, I don't even think the 'They' aspect was bad as someone that identifies as Non-Binary. It made sense and language is about conveying meaning. It succeeded in that and wasn't offensive in my opinion. ^w^
03 April, 04:50
I would like to also add that that this gender option is currently not used anywhere on the site, besides being choose able by the user, because I was still unsure of how to handle it.
03 April, 04:51
Regarding Wrench, who was wishing to aid in the development of the platform by making the mobile app. They first came to me offering to aid for free and, within just a few messages, begun to quickly work on a prototype version of a mobile app for the platform, which I believe didn't go beyond being able to sign up, login, and display the user's timeline. During this short time, they started to bring up wanting to be paid to make the full app, which I was never against, I just did not want to bring them on until the site was able to finically support itself.
