If females are driven away from #nostr by the way real people act online because their feminine ways of conflict resolution don’t work here, then that’s simply what’s gonna happen. You won’t stop this. I won’t. No-one will.

Your definition of intimidation is completely wrong. Intimidation has to come with a real threat of violence otherwise it’s just threats. Threats are meaningless. This clown isn’t standing over you, coercing you to act in any way - you are standing over yourself allowing his online speech to impose on you in a way that it shouldn’t.

I mute tons of people because I value my time. I’m not going to allow someone who I wouldn’t break bread with have my time, I’ll just mute them. Plenty of fish in the sea, go find someone better to interact with once you’ve delivered your piece of mind; and by all means deliver the piece of your mind first, no-one can stop you from airing it, and you’re an Aussie - we have the most visceral insults of anyone in the English language and you wield it very well so don’t be shy!

But you need to take on this masculine trait in the digital world. Men built this place, it wasn’t built to spec for women. Women trying to impose their morality on it WILL NOT WORK.

Stop replying. You’re throwing water on an oil fire rather than a blanket. The mute button is a blanket; your replies are water.