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This is something I have extremely mixed feelings about. On the one hand, HN has enabled so many of us to learn about startups, and has leveled us up in our ca
by pbiggar 8y ago
This is something I have extremely mixed feelings about.
On the one hand, HN has enabled so many of us to learn about startups, and has leveled us up in our careers in so many ways.
On the other hand, HN is a bastion of toxicity, is extremely uninclusive, and so all this learning is only available to people willing to lurk in the cesspool.
- DoreenMichele 8y agoInclusivity could certainly be worked on. However, I feel like it is being worked on and I don't actually find it a bastion of toxicity. (I know of a forum I see that way. It isn't HN.)
- pbiggar 8y agoI can't argue with your experiences, but I've heard from many people (overwhelmingly women), that they hate this place and no longer visit.
- DoreenMichele 8y agoI appear to be the highest ranked woman here. My old handle, Mz, was briefly on the leaderboard. Posting as openly female here has always been challenging. It's better than it used to be. Among other things, I see more women with more than 2k karma than I used to. There is still room for improvement. My feeling is that YC is remarkably inclusive without really making a big deal out of it. My feeling is the HN mods are interested in making HN more inclusive. I do realize there are significant challenges. I don't think it is due to HN being a bastion of toxicity.
- Thaxll 8y agoIf you're on the Rust, Postgres / SQLite side you'll be fine.
- philwelch 8y agoTo people used to far-left echo chambers, any place that isn't a far-left echo chamber is a "bastion of toxicity".
- didgeoridoo 8y agoI’m fascinated that you think this. HN has been the only community I’ve ever been a part of that consistently smacks down uncivil commentary—sometimes my own, usually rightly. Where are you finding a less “toxic” community? I’d love to check it out.
- badcede 8y agoYou sure still post job ads on this "bastion of toxicity" though.