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The Fashion section attracted at least twice the proportion of blocked comments as any other section. Not exactly a section I'd associate with (presumably sexis
by brbsix 11y ago
The Fashion section attracted at least twice the proportion of blocked comments as any other section. Not exactly a section I'd associate with (presumably sexist and racist) straight white men.
Articles about feminism attracted very high levels of blocked comments
This has me curious whether it is the subject matter (rather than the sexual/racial identity) of female and minority authors that plays the largest role in the negative comments.
- CM30 11y agoI suspect it likely is the subject matter. An article about something fairly non controversial (like say, a popular game or film announcement) is by definition going to get less personal attacks and troll comments than something about a heated political/religious matter or anything involving 'social justice' related issues (from any side). If more of the female writers write the latter type of article rather than the form, this could lead to the stats shown.
- scott_s 11y agoTheir data leads me to conclude no. They say: "Articles written by women got more blocked (ie abusive or disruptive) comments across almost all sections. But the more male-dominated the section, the more blocked comments the women who wrote there got (look at Sport and Technology). Fashion, where most articles were written by women, was one of the few sections where male authors consistently received more blocked comments."