> Hacker News is a critical resource for young male techies based in Silicon Valley (Disclosure: I am a young male techie based in Silicon Valley), this has the consequence of excluding female hackers.
This is a non sequitur. Anybody of any sex can enter the url into their address bar. Males liking a thing does not preclude females from also liking that same thing.
Perhaps the author is trying to build a premise for his analysis, but given the mostly pseudonymous nature of HN, it's a silly one.
Anyone can use this site. Anyone can comment. I don't see how this is excluding anyone. Of course you will find nasty comments if you actively collect them.
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[ 1.4 ms ] story [ 21.3 ms ] threadThis is a non sequitur. Anybody of any sex can enter the url into their address bar. Males liking a thing does not preclude females from also liking that same thing.
Perhaps the author is trying to build a premise for his analysis, but given the mostly pseudonymous nature of HN, it's a silly one.
This narrative of online harassment against women is very one sided, in my opinion. Research from pew (https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2017/07/11/online-haras...) actually shows us that men and women receive roughly the same amount, in total.
Previously on HN, with the most comments:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8425385