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> I don't have any idea why the top comment here is about Christianity. People around here don't like Christianity. See the TV show Silicon Valley S5E4. You w

> I don't have any idea why the top comment here is about Christianity. People around here don't like Christianity. See the TV show Silicon Valley S5E4. You wouldn't see a thread about the merits of being Japanese, female, or vegetarian in a tangentially related HN post. People put religious identity in another category for some reason.

DoreenMichele 8y ago
That's a funny thing to read here given that two of the top three people on the leaderboard very publicly admit to being Catholic. My impression is there are quite a lot of Christians on HN and most of them just don't wear it on their sleeve while posting here, which is as it should be, in my opinion. Additionally, as a woman, I see threads derail on the detail of gender identity a lot. I have spent nearly nine years working at making it possible to post as openly female without irrelevant questions about my gender routinely derailing discussions that I choose to participate in.
- humanrebar 8y ago
  Right. People are pig-headed about gender, but people generally don't deny that women deserve respect as women. And they generally don't argue that diversity of gender is worth celebrating. The top comment in this thread is basically celebrating Fred Rogers as a Christian and there are many threads and responses arguing that the Christian part is irrelevant or even despicable. I would expect analogous comments about women to be moderated out of the picture here. And I have seen that happen. I can't say why Christian members of the HN community aren't more outspoken about this shortcoming in tech diversity culture. I suspect the answer to that question is fairly personal and complex. As to "wearing on their sleeves", I don't see that happening much at all. On the contrary, I see people behaving much more in a closeted manner if anything. I don't think that's healthy for anyone.
  - DoreenMichele 8y ago
    My original point was that this was a good article about communication best practices. Sadly, that element seems to have been given short shrift in favor of mostly discussing religion, which I am guilty of participating in. The vast majority of the discussion here is not about principles and practices of good communication, a thing I would have very much enjoyed.

DoreenMichele 8y ago

That's a funny thing to read here given that two of the top three people on the leaderboard very publicly admit to being Catholic. My impression is there are quite a lot of Christians on HN and most of them just don't wear it on their sleeve while posting here, which is as it should be, in my opinion. Additionally, as a woman, I see threads derail on the detail of gender identity a lot. I have spent nearly nine years working at making it possible to post as openly female without irrelevant questions about my gender routinely derailing discussions that I choose to participate in.

humanrebar 8y ago
Right. People are pig-headed about gender, but people generally don't deny that women deserve respect as women. And they generally don't argue that diversity of gender is worth celebrating. The top comment in this thread is basically celebrating Fred Rogers as a Christian and there are many threads and responses arguing that the Christian part is irrelevant or even despicable. I would expect analogous comments about women to be moderated out of the picture here. And I have seen that happen. I can't say why Christian members of the HN community aren't more outspoken about this shortcoming in tech diversity culture. I suspect the answer to that question is fairly personal and complex. As to "wearing on their sleeves", I don't see that happening much at all. On the contrary, I see people behaving much more in a closeted manner if anything. I don't think that's healthy for anyone.
- DoreenMichele 8y ago
  My original point was that this was a good article about communication best practices. Sadly, that element seems to have been given short shrift in favor of mostly discussing religion, which I am guilty of participating in. The vast majority of the discussion here is not about principles and practices of good communication, a thing I would have very much enjoyed.