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Could you elaborate more on what you feel is "female-friendly?" I thought the commenter went on to explain herself on that point (by discussing downvoting of s
by frossie 16y ago
Could you elaborate more on what you feel is "female-friendly?"
I thought the commenter went on to explain herself on that point (by discussing downvoting of sexist comments).
One could define female-unfriendly as a place where the conversation takes place as if no females are present (or could possibly be present). Think male-locker-room.
But: There are many guys who detest that kind of thing also, and judging from the downvoting of crap comments that goes on in HN, they are making their voices heard.
It's worth noting that I know more men who self-identify as feminist than women.
- neutronicus 16y agoIt's not like she was holding HN up as a paragon of "female-friendliness." I wanted a "perfect-world" perspective, as opposed to "why HN is better than Reddit, while still not being all that great." It seems she's moved on though, alas, as her perspective no doubt would have made interesting reading. As far as your other points go, I've been in my shares of locker rooms and I certainly don't detest locker-room banter, nor do I self-identify as a feminist, but to each his or her own I suppose.