Are downvotes disabled here? If so, why?

I think the point is that this shouldn’t be necessary. Individual users should be able to filter out entire instances without having to jump to an entirely new account.

What’s dumb about this, exactly? There are significant differences in strength, speed, flexibility, etc. between biological males and females. That may be an inconvenient truth for those who want to change their social gender (which I 100% support, btw) but it’s nonetheless true.

And if you’re going to have separate leagues to promote fair physical competition (which may or may not be a good idea, I’m agnostic on the matter) then investigating a person’s biological sex is going to be part of the process sometimes. Based solely on the article, it sounds to me like the administrators here did it in a very sensitive and privacy-preserving way.

So, sincere question - what do you think is the problem here?

It’s abominable that Signal still requires a phone number.

Thanks, I knew I had to just be missing something