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Oh, because everyone else's story was told but theirs? Rly... 2017, year of the pro-female SEO and marketing. BBC is doing what about it? Flag this all you wan

by axonic 9y ago

Oh, because everyone else's story was told but theirs? Rly... 2017, year of the pro-female SEO and marketing. BBC is doing what about it? Flag this all you want, I'm a transgender female coder with a wife who also is a computer scientist. Silence me some more while you post headlines about women you hypocrites. Be sure to preach about freedom of speech too.

dang 9y ago
This breaks the HN guidelines, which ask you to avoid snark and flamebait. This was both. That's bad. Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and don't post like this again. Edit: it sounds like you have a rare perspective to share, and you're more than welcome to share it here. But you need to follow the rules like everyone else. Our idea here is to try to hold a container for interesting discussion. It's forever fragile, and snark and flamebait have the effect on interestingness that salt has on a slug. A nice additional effect of posting civilly and substantively is that then your perspective will more likely be truly received.
axonic 9y ago
My wife agreed with posting it, the original article is flamebait
Boothroid 9y ago
The BBC really are going a bit crazy with pro female stories lately. I've been tempted to make a FOI request to reveal the editorial policies behind this. Silly me, I thought they were supposed to be a nonpolitical news organisation, not an agenda pushing front. I hope the Tories eventually grow the courage to privatise them.
- twobyfour 9y ago
  Why does it bother you so much that the BBC is reporting stories (and nearly lost history) that happens to be about women?
  - Boothroid 9y ago
    The BBC are supposed to be a non-political organisation and it seems clear to me they are pushing various trendy agendas, i.e. anti-Brexit, pro-EU, anti-Trump, pro-Islam, pro-feminist, pro-migration, pro-globalist, etc. I anticipate downvotes but I expect a scientific analysis would demonstrate above is true. The article doesn't just happen to be about women - it is part of a pattern that verges on propaganda. And it bothers me so much because I resent being forced to pay for a organisation, under threat of legal punishment for not paying, which pushes various political agenda which it is specifically supposed to avoid, and which I happen to disagree with - but I would complain just as vociferously if it were pushing agenda that I agreed with. If you cannot see that it's dangerous to have a publically funded broadcaster clearly dominated by a particular single political viewpoint then there's not much more to discuss. The BBC should stick to documentaries, nature, and science, which is what they do best, and keep their political opinions to themselves.
    - twobyfour 9y ago
      How is it pushing an agenda? Is any story that's about women doing intellectual work that has an impact on our world pushing an agenda? I just see an important moment in history that had been buried for years (possibly in part because of historical sexism) finally coming to light.
      - Boothroid 9y ago
        Perhaps you missed this: The article doesn't just happen to be about women - it is part of a pattern that verges on propaganda.
        twobyfour 9y ago
        Has the BBC suddenly stopped covering men and their contributions to history? I would argue that it's just the opposite. That by finally beginning to cover women's contributions almost as much as men's they're correcting a historical pattern of (perhaps subconscious) propaganda against the concept that women are also (shock) important contributors to our society. And that you're only noticing it because you're acccustomed to news and history coverage being dominated by stories about men.

by axonic 9y ago

dang 9y ago

This breaks the HN guidelines, which ask you to avoid snark and flamebait. This was both. That's bad. Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and don't post like this again. Edit: it sounds like you have a rare perspective to share, and you're more than welcome to share it here. But you need to follow the rules like everyone else. Our idea here is to try to hold a container for interesting discussion. It's forever fragile, and snark and flamebait have the effect on interestingness that salt has on a slug. A nice additional effect of posting civilly and substantively is that then your perspective will more likely be truly received.

axonic 9y ago

My wife agreed with posting it, the original article is flamebait

Boothroid 9y ago

The BBC really are going a bit crazy with pro female stories lately. I've been tempted to make a FOI request to reveal the editorial policies behind this. Silly me, I thought they were supposed to be a nonpolitical news organisation, not an agenda pushing front. I hope the Tories eventually grow the courage to privatise them.

twobyfour 9y ago
Why does it bother you so much that the BBC is reporting stories (and nearly lost history) that happens to be about women?
- Boothroid 9y ago
  The BBC are supposed to be a non-political organisation and it seems clear to me they are pushing various trendy agendas, i.e. anti-Brexit, pro-EU, anti-Trump, pro-Islam, pro-feminist, pro-migration, pro-globalist, etc. I anticipate downvotes but I expect a scientific analysis would demonstrate above is true. The article doesn't just happen to be about women - it is part of a pattern that verges on propaganda. And it bothers me so much because I resent being forced to pay for a organisation, under threat of legal punishment for not paying, which pushes various political agenda which it is specifically supposed to avoid, and which I happen to disagree with - but I would complain just as vociferously if it were pushing agenda that I agreed with. If you cannot see that it's dangerous to have a publically funded broadcaster clearly dominated by a particular single political viewpoint then there's not much more to discuss. The BBC should stick to documentaries, nature, and science, which is what they do best, and keep their political opinions to themselves.
  - twobyfour 9y ago
    How is it pushing an agenda? Is any story that's about women doing intellectual work that has an impact on our world pushing an agenda? I just see an important moment in history that had been buried for years (possibly in part because of historical sexism) finally coming to light.
    - Boothroid 9y ago
      Perhaps you missed this: The article doesn't just happen to be about women - it is part of a pattern that verges on propaganda.
      - twobyfour 9y ago
        Has the BBC suddenly stopped covering men and their contributions to history? I would argue that it's just the opposite. That by finally beginning to cover women's contributions almost as much as men's they're correcting a historical pattern of (perhaps subconscious) propaganda against the concept that women are also (shock) important contributors to our society. And that you're only noticing it because you're acccustomed to news and history coverage being dominated by stories about men.