Censorship. All the major subreddits became political echo-chambers. Reddit was founded on free speech and open discourse, especially when it was really uncomfortable. I'd love to see the same for Lemmy. Over the years I've seen authoritarianism creep into the moderation policies of most major subreddits. Today, even posting on the wrong subreddit is grounds for being banned from dozens of major subreddits. Even having a polite disagreement about, for example, anything to do with "trans," is grounds for being banned.

Anything to do with "trans"?

I'm sorry I'm not sure how else to describe it. Trans people are those who believe their sex doesn't match how they feel inside.

I am aware of the concept of being transgender I am just wondering what your "polite disagreements" are with it

I'd say that a fairly debated topic related to transgender people, which isn't just transphobes attacking people trying to live their own life, is the presence of transgender athletes in competitions. Some will take it as a personal attack whether you take a side or sit on the fence. I'm not looking to start that conversation here, but yeah. It's definitely possible to hold a polite conversation about this while disagreeing on parts of the question. In a healthy space.

I think that after HRT the difference is not that big. Trans athletes may even be at the disadvantage since there are some cis woman that have higher than average amount of testosterone.

In the long shot I think it would be for the best to abolish gender based separation altogether and replace it with something more like weight categories.

Consider two 5'6" 65kg athletes, one man and one woman, are you saying that the man doesn't have an advantage?

I used to believe the same until I saw the recent Women's Premier League in Cricket. They had to reduce the size of field and the weight of ball. Even with that, the fastest bowl in the tournament was 130kmph while that speed is considered a "slower ball" in men's cricket.

Now some of these female cricketers earm more than any Pakistani male cricketers. Which is fair, bigger market, bigger payout. But female cricketers don't stand a chance against the male cricketers

Consider two 5'6" 65kg athletes, one man and one woman, are you saying that the man doesn't have an advantage?

No, my MMA teacher was female and she'd kick my arse regularly

They had to reduce the size of field and the weight of ball. Even with that, the fastest bowl in the tournament was 130kmph

Now you're undermining your first point, you're not comparing same heights and weight. Physics is real.

Okay.

Ellyse Perry, the fastest bowler in women's cricket is 176cm at 60kg (amazing athlete, represented Australia at both Cricket and Football world cups!). Her fastest ball was 130.1kph

Shoaib Akthar, the fastst bowler in men's cricket is 180cm at 80kg. His fastest was 161kph

Laws of cricket dictate that women should use a ball that is between 415⁄16 and 55⁄16 ounces (139.98 and 150.61 grams); which could be up to 13⁄16 ounces (23.03 grams) lighter than the ball used by the men.

Also made me think, the whole height-weight distinction will only work in purely physical sports like boxing (maybe even some american sports like baseball and nfl). It is not going to work in global sports like Cricket and Football. Think about the greatest footballers of our generation. Cristiano was 183cm (6ft) and Messi 169cm (5ft 6in).

So his mass is 33% more and the ball goes 23% faster? Momentum is mass x velocity iirc.

• his mass is 33% more and the ball goes 23% faster? Momentum is mass x velocity iirc.

Do you understand why this statement is wrong?

You’re mixing the mass of the person throwing the ball with the mass of the ball.

• his mass is 33% more This would matter if he was flying himself at the batsman.

Because the bowler is giving momentum to the ball?