A black woman's experiencing changing her Twitter avatar to a white male (onthemedia.org)

The original audio is here: http://www.onthemedia.org/story/31-race-swap-experiment/

I think this probably speaks a bit to the value of text-centric interfaces. Most of the time when I read HN, I don't even notice the usernames, and if I do it's always after I finish reading the comment. There's no extra gender/racial/age/etc. baggage that goes along with the post.

> the Internet is not very terrible to white dudes

You're kidding, right?

The internet is fiercely misandric, and this trend is growing by the way.

Attempts to normalize misandry are invading more and more mainstream sites, including Hacker News itself.