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Anna, it was proven long ago that gender identity, like sexual orientation, is not a matter of choice. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/22/health/transgender-trump-biology.html

To blatantly state otherwise is diametrically opposed to the welcoming inclusiveness you claim – it’s dismissive marginalization.

Verbal and I are not the ones missing the point here.

Sadly, Maggie, yes you did miss the point. The point is, It doesn't matter how you identify yourself, you will be welcome here. The Admins have offered 13 choices. Is that not enough? Don't bother posting links about how people identify themselves, it's not the issue, and do not dare accuse me of dismissing the choices of others! As I said, ALL are welcome, without exception! Can you say say the same, hand on heart? I doubt it.

Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem Of World Contact Day)

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Another little glitch with notifications: I notice that sometimes I am getting two notifications for the same event. For instance, marleyadmin just liked a post. I got two notifications about them liking my post, but when I check My Comments, there's only one Like there. Usually seems to happen when I am on site. If there are notifications waiting when I come in, there usually aren't dups. Also, seems to be mainly with Likes so far. Can't recall getting one for a reply or watched thread notification.

Fall - Mall

Just wondering, but has this thread just become a generic ten-word story thread? 🤔

I don't mind, but the original post contained this...

The fine print:

• Each story must include one of the[se] word selections:

- Celebration

- Achievement

- Stories

- Space

- Camaraderie

- Ten

- Friendly

- Free

- Cozy

- Supportive

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Hey, one of those was from me, Violet...

And while I am not sure what button I pressed, I do like what I have seen   You know you really are a hot item, giggles, and rushing off, something else on my mind :) 

Thanks Baronvonmonty for removing this, I am teasing Violet. :) 

Oh hey there!
I've been checking out your stories and I like what I've seen, why don't you take a look at mine to see if we click?
Hope to hear from you soon. 😉 I'm happy you liked my pg13 and g rated stories here.

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I too have had that message sent to two of my friends in the last couple of days - I knew it wasn't an original message of mine because I've never wanted to 'click with anyone !

That's because you're an astronaut. You've been sending these from Outerspace.

Are ten words enough for a story? I don't know. 

Karen Gillian.

Doctor Who or Horton hears a Who?

I am a little surprised by the gender discussion getting so heated from certain members. While I appreciate that gender may be very important on a certain other site, I don't see why it is here. Surely it only matters if there is some kind of, shall we say, 'interest'. I am here to write stories. Friends can be whatever they want to be, so far as I am concerned. Shouldn't we just be glad that we have a site at all? So far as I am concerned, we can all be gender-neutral, or Human Being so, Male, Female, Other should be the most that is required, in my humble opinion, along with blue, pink and grey indicators. 

Let's just get the site settled, shall we? 

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One of my notifications was informing me of a comment being made on one of my stories. I clicked on it and it took me to the story, but there was no new comment visible.

Is it there now?

One of my notifications was informing me of a comment being made on one of my stories. I clicked on it and it took me to the story, but there was no new comment visible.

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Pardon my French, but f-it, I just got 84 more notifications showing up after the notification about Violet's reply to me showed up.

What I want is to only get notified about forum posts if they are a reply to one of my posts. Otherwise, I don't need to get a notification for every post in every thread I have posted in.

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Oh, I did just find a place where age shows up (belated apologies to GodsAngel). If you hover over a username in the My Friends list, the pop-up shows age. Please remove it or give us control over it so we can decide if it shows. There's no point to making the birthdate on our profiles private but then revealing our age in the profile preview. Same pop-up also shows if you hover over a username in your Inbox but I assume it's calling the same window so fixing it in one will fix all.

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There does not seem to be a list of the badges available to be awarded. The badges that appear on my profile are not accurate. I had 28 last week. I have 16 today. Two of those I did not have before. I cannot seem to find a list.

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Is the ability to have copyright statement automatically added going to return at some point? Or should we start putting a manual one in the Author's note or something like that? Just realized today there's no copyright statement on any of the stories.

I tried to change my background pic but, due to the dimensions set by the site, I can't do it. 

However, there is a much bigger issue that I find seriously aggravating.

When I receive a message notification in my email inbox, if I click on it, I am taken to the message and automatically logged onto the site. This then indicates that I am online and on-site, which I really do not want, The old system showed the message body in the email. If I then wanted to read the message on-site, I would have to physically log in. I feel that the current system could constitute a breach of privacy as it allows direct access to anyone who can read the email.

And another... Uploading YouTube clips and pictures to the forums? The camera icon seems to be connected only to profile pics and there is no YouTube upload so only a link appears. 😲

Still trying...

Here's another. The links in tweets no longer work. Do I have to make new tweets or is that being attended to?

I have noticed that the comments are still on the stories, but none of the replies. 

I am finding the site really difficult at the moment, but I have only been on it for an hour. I have a feeling that I am going to need several more... 🤔

Not keen either. Nothing is so easy to find. Things that were hidden on my profile page are now visible. The forum is no longer straightforward. It is going to take some time to go through things and arrange everything once more.  

What is Messenger? Does that replace the black box? Dear Lord, this is going to take some getting used to.

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This is an old one, but I love it:

If a man says something in a forest and there's no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?

I haven't heard this. made me spit coffee!

It reminded me of a kitchen plaque I saw recently. My other-half wouldn't let me buy it;

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The forums have been fixed. Sorry about that!

We will still be running the old site for the next few days as there are a couple of fields missing on the import script.

Hopefully Thursday is the big move.

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I've been meaning to pop over and have a mooch for months. Finally summoned the resolve and conjured a profile (which I have yet to completer.)

I'm hoping a change of colour will inspire me to write a bit more than I have of late. The well has run dry.

Great to be here. See you guys about.