Calling someone a chaser solely on the grounds that they claim to have dated a trans woman could imply “no cis male could be interested in a trans woman outside of pure fetish bait”, which is awfully reductive. It casts the trans woman as an object in the relationship rather than an equal partner.

Not sure what your personal definition of “tankie” is, but by any rational measure @Zagorath@aussie.zone doesn’t fit the bill.

Estimated “over 1,400” monthly users. Be honest with your numbers.

Sure, it could be. But there is no inherent level of “telling someone they aren’t trans” by stating a belief that less than half are.

Of course it can be. But the viewpoint called into question is “I don’t believe that half the users are trans”. Based on the data you personally referenced, that is a valid viewpoint for someone to hold without telling anyone who identifies specifically as trans that they are wrong about their gender.

Further, 598 is not 42% of “over 1,400”.

With regards to the polling you’ve referenced: of the 598 respondants, less than half indicated that they were definitively not cisgender. Hexbear, per prolewiki has “over 1,400 monthly users”.

Not only does the raw data from the self-report survey not bear out the premise that half of the users are trans, it also does not factor in response bias, which impacts any such survey.

We read the same statement. I interpret it as “I believe less than half of the userbase of the instance is trans” which does not rise to the level of telling someone they aren’t trans. Was anyone specific named or called out as “not trans”? Was there any direct accusation of insincerity or fakery with regards to an individual’s self-identification?

I don’t see anyone doing that in this example. Are you misinterpreting the meaning of the original statement?

Solid advice. It can be completely benign, but people will still pounce on it for an “easy win”.