1. You first post probably triggered the controversy/flamewar penalty.
2. Your original post was probably flagged heavily because of the highly loaded title that has a very off-putting and presumptuous tone. That post's title came with an assumption that a lot of people took issue with (making the assumption that the hacker scene is actively hostile).
3. I seriously doubt a mod manually penalized your original post. Flagging was probably enough to drop it off the ask page. However, I seriously expect a mod to penalize this post because it is a repost. If there's anything the needs to be said, it should be said in the previous post.
My personal opinion is that the hacker scene is not hostile to minorities. Just that the hacker scene is slightly discouraging to minorities for passive, institutional reasons.
I can guess that jd0 has a very limited sample of exposure to hackers. I have lived in three countries and been very involved in cross cultural communication.
I would say the hacker community is very accepting.
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[ 0.22 ms ] story [ 25.0 ms ] thread1. You first post probably triggered the controversy/flamewar penalty.
2. Your original post was probably flagged heavily because of the highly loaded title that has a very off-putting and presumptuous tone. That post's title came with an assumption that a lot of people took issue with (making the assumption that the hacker scene is actively hostile).
3. I seriously doubt a mod manually penalized your original post. Flagging was probably enough to drop it off the ask page. However, I seriously expect a mod to penalize this post because it is a repost. If there's anything the needs to be said, it should be said in the previous post.
My personal opinion is that the hacker scene is not hostile to minorities. Just that the hacker scene is slightly discouraging to minorities for passive, institutional reasons.
I would say the hacker community is very accepting.