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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Leftos lets you anonymously discuss gender issues

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LeftosHave you ever wished there was somewhere safe, away from prying eyes, that you could ask a question about the opposite sex? I mean, what's the internet good for if not anonymous communications? Okay, don't answer that.

Leftos is a site dedicated to encouraging discussions on gender-related topics, with categories like being single, dating, sex, relationships, marriage, and divorce. Leftos stands for "Lessons for the Opposite Sex", though I hope the lesson isn't that your interactions with the opposite sex will follow the pattern of their categories in sequence.

While allowing anonymity can cause problems for some online communities, Leftos puts a heavy focus on the anonymous aspect of their site, since the point is to help people to talk about subjects that they might otherwise feel are too taboo to discuss.

Leftos uses a points system to allow its users to judge the relative merit of a given response. While there are some simple ways to accumulate points (following other users, or having other users follow you), the way to really rack up points is to offer an opinion, or ask or answer questions in a way that makes other users tag it as a "great opinion,", "great question", or "great answer".

Heavily focused discussion sites seem to be really taking off, and Leftos is a good example of one that is non-technical and meets a very specific need.

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