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Eh, sometimes you need to submit stuff on HN multiple times for it to get traction. Don’t get discouraged.
by enraged_camel 7y ago
Eh, sometimes you need to submit stuff on HN multiple times for it to get traction. Don’t get discouraged.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoIt's not the only thing I submitted from that site on that topic that's gotten ignored and I've been given a lot of shit at times over submitting my own stuff, so I think I've never submitted anything of mine more than once because I feel like it would just be an excuse to vilify me. I'm a woman. When I do the exact same things the guys do, it gets completely different reactions. Pointing that out fails to result in fair and equitable treatment. It just is a new reason to justify open hatred because "obviously, she's a man-hating Feminazi, just here to stir shit up." In the face of widespread prejudice, there is no good or right answer. Being good enough is never enough. In fact, it's another reason to find you offensive. I'm the only person who submits my writing here. There have only been two exceptions, both basically a case of people interested in gossip and shit stirring. There is absolutely no one interested in taking my work seriously. I've been here a decade. I had a corporate job when I joined. I appear to be the only woman to have ever spent time on the leader board. Nothing seems to ever genuinely change the fact that I'm not actually taken seriously. No one thinks I deserve an adequate income. No one sees anything wrong with continuing to exclude me and let me de facto starve while claiming it's somehow not sexism or classism. (But let's go with your theory. I'll resubmit it. Let's see how much bullshit that gets me.)