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Ask HN: Why's the story of men opposing the SV gender equality been flagged?
Sometimes I wonder why HN is so intolerant of researched opinions. Or it's just a group of privileged folks who don't want to be challenged and so band together to flag such pieces.
This is the article
- curtis 9y agoSome topics are know to "generate a lot of heat, but not much light". A lot of people don't want those articles -- and more importantly -- the discussion they bring, sucking up all the metaphorical oxygen on Hacker News. I personally think some of these topics are, in fact, important enough that it would be good if we could discuss them here, but realistically, we'd need much more robust moderation for those discussions than what Hacker News provides.
- geezerjay 9y ago> sucking up all the metaphorical oxygen on Hacker News. I would add that there has been a constant stream of political propaganda spewed onto HN. This dilutes the value of the site as a technical forum and adds nothing of value.
- MBCook 9y agoMostly number two.
- sidlls 9y agoIt's a bit more complicated than that. Some of the flags undoubtedly came from privileged men who are tired of discussion about gender equality issues. Some probably came from those in the opposed camp who think the MRA people in the article need not be given extra attention. Yet others likely came from people who think HN is a place for intellectual conversation strictly about technology and that discussions about this sort of thing are off topic. I think the majority come from the first and third groups.
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