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This has 100 votes after one hour. It has no connection to technology. It's an unverified post on medium. And the punishment referred to in the headline is that

This has 100 votes after one hour. It has no connection to technology. It's an unverified post on medium. And the punishment referred to in the headline is that the $5000/yr membership to his gym was cancelled. Meanwhile, discussions of women' discrimination, in the tech sector, from reputable sources are flagged as fast as possible. C. f.: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15267221 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15267221

Dowwie 9y ago
I agree with you about the questionable nature of this post's popularity on Hacker News and also question its validity. I am confident that many others would agree. There are many other relevant stories that fail to rise through the ranks here, not just the one you mentioned.
- aaron-lebo 9y ago
  That happens 24 hours a day and has been happening for 10 years on this site. Why does this story seem so absurd and unjustified to you? Why does this topic bring out such crazy reactions to it? It's weird to see in action.
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leereeves 9y ago
Stories about men who've been the victim of sexual assault are often buried and silenced. Please don't try to do that. It's likely this must be "an unverified medium post" because the media and the authorities often ignore these stories.
- zach43 9y ago
  Why do you think the parent comment is trying to silence anyone? To me it just seems like they’re providing evidence of a hypocritical attitude here.
  - leereeves 9y ago
    I think the comment is trying to silence the story because of the criticisms of the story, like "unverified" and the attempt to minimize the "punishment referred to in the headline".
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wruza 9y ago
>Ellen Pao It left in my memory as a woman without [edit:]specific sense of humor who was not welcome to “the club”, pretending it is because of her sex. She made millions of dollars on the way with no hard work, and to regular citizen like me it seems like strangest complaint. I’m male and I’m not in my company’s men’s club too — people are different to the extent they may positively tolerate each other, but not make friends. That’s my subjective view. I may have mistaken it with another case, sorry then. This case is direct sexual assault and Uber-y company is covering the evidence, and the latter is the question in focus. How is it related to?
tomp 9y ago
Stories that get flagged are often hearsay and depend on the particular individual interpretation of events (e.g. "is he a creep or just awkward?" and "is he a sexist or just an asshole to everyone?"). The next time a woman's sexual assault is captured on tape, repressed by a large corporation, and ignored by the media, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be flagged.
yorwba 9y ago
Well, this was flagged now, too.
pvg 9y ago
It has no connection to technology. Having a connection to technology is not a requirement for HN stories.

Dowwie 9y ago

I agree with you about the questionable nature of this post's popularity on Hacker News and also question its validity. I am confident that many others would agree. There are many other relevant stories that fail to rise through the ranks here, not just the one you mentioned.

aaron-lebo 9y ago
That happens 24 hours a day and has been happening for 10 years on this site. Why does this story seem so absurd and unjustified to you? Why does this topic bring out such crazy reactions to it? It's weird to see in action.
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leereeves 9y ago

Stories about men who've been the victim of sexual assault are often buried and silenced. Please don't try to do that. It's likely this must be "an unverified medium post" because the media and the authorities often ignore these stories.

zach43 9y ago
Why do you think the parent comment is trying to silence anyone? To me it just seems like they’re providing evidence of a hypocritical attitude here.
- leereeves 9y ago
  I think the comment is trying to silence the story because of the criticisms of the story, like "unverified" and the attempt to minimize the "punishment referred to in the headline".

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wruza 9y ago

>Ellen Pao It left in my memory as a woman without [edit:]specific sense of humor who was not welcome to “the club”, pretending it is because of her sex. She made millions of dollars on the way with no hard work, and to regular citizen like me it seems like strangest complaint. I’m male and I’m not in my company’s men’s club too — people are different to the extent they may positively tolerate each other, but not make friends. That’s my subjective view. I may have mistaken it with another case, sorry then. This case is direct sexual assault and Uber-y company is covering the evidence, and the latter is the question in focus. How is it related to?

tomp 9y ago

Stories that get flagged are often hearsay and depend on the particular individual interpretation of events (e.g. "is he a creep or just awkward?" and "is he a sexist or just an asshole to everyone?"). The next time a woman's sexual assault is captured on tape, repressed by a large corporation, and ignored by the media, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be flagged.

yorwba 9y ago

Well, this was flagged now, too.

pvg 9y ago

It has no connection to technology. Having a connection to technology is not a requirement for HN stories.