In reply to Natalie Berry - UKC:
> You can still give some feedback in this thread if you wish
Good point! Ok, since you asked then.......
What kind of comments have offended you? (please DO NOT name users or quote specific replies) - I'm not easily offended, however I do occasionally see some personal attacks on posters which is not nice
What kind of unacceptable comments directed towards other users have you noticed? - whenever someone is singled out for continual verbal insults by one person it is not nice,
What did you do in these circumstances? Click 'Report Abuse', email the moderators? - just stop reading the thread
Did we remove the comment? - no idea, I just stopped reading the thread in question
How can we make the forums more inclusive to women? - it does need to be more inclusive, not just to women but to all who cant be doing with the overly laddish / boorish / cyber bullying brigade - who to achieve this is a difficult one though
Do people often make assumptions on gender? Does it affect our manner of responding to people? Yes, people do make assumptions with gender, especially when user names are not "gender specific"
Do we have a problem with sexism on site? Is there too much laddish banter? Is heated debate putting both men and women off? I do think that general banal discussions are putting people off (male and female) - it is primarily a climbing forum yet people are verbally abused when asking questions due to grammer / punctution - and the amount of non climbing drivel on here is at times off putting (I also add to this, oh the irony)
Can we have reasoned debates without personal insults when online anonymity removes inhibition? i would like to think we do, generally, its just that the line does get crossed occasionally
Have you seen examples where online abuse is stamped out/greatly reduced? As earlier I stop reading threads when, in my opinion, there is abuse
Did forum activity put you off registering at any point? Do you know people who have cited it as a limiting factor?
I know of a few forum member who are now ex members due to the amount of rubbish spouted on here, you have moved away from the core climbing / walking interests to be an outdoors thread with heavy reliance on general / pub discussions
These are just my random thoughts, from a frivolous poster, one who looks on this site with an impish sense of humour.
Its good that you are asking for feedback, never be scared to act on the feedback given, and don't be scared of change.