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Contrary to the sibling poster I believe (also cynically) that it's because of the sex of the author more than any other facet. HN (and more broadly the tech i

by na85 7y ago

Contrary to the sibling poster I believe (also cynically) that it's because of the sex of the author more than any other facet. HN (and more broadly the tech industry at large) likes to believe that it is an egalitarian meritocracy but it is unfortunately not true.

dijit 7y ago
I can't believe that to be true; Rachels posts consistently reach the front page and additionally you're implicitly calling every person who doesn't like/can't parse the content misogynistic. Besides aside from the name it's not like she puts her sexuality front and center, the reader has to notice it as part of the domain. Her name isn't even in the article.
- na85 7y ago
  >you're implicitly calling every person who doesn't like/can't parse the content misogynistic. What I'm suggesting is that opinionated women tend to draw more ire and negative reactions than opinionated men, for reasons too complex to address in an HN comment. I'm willing to bet that if the same post had been made on a medium.com blog that didn't include a gendered name ("Rachel") then the comments would be less caustic.
  - dijit 7y ago
    I'm not going to argue the point you're making but instead I'll mention that the opinion being discussed here is not _really_ considered an "opinion" (nor are you opinionated for having it) in sysadmin-land. (Regarding everything the author does/says/thinks in the article) Everything she does in the article is exactly what any sane sysadmin would do, it's institutional awareness.
    - na85 7y ago
      >Everything she does in the article is exactly what any sane sysadmin would do, it's institutional awareness. My point exactly.
- RulerOf 7y ago
  The vocal minority gets representation in a comments section. Misogyny is pretty common in tech. It's not an absurd conclusion to jump to.
marcinzm 7y ago
>HN (and more broadly the tech industry at large) likes to believe that it is an egalitarian meritocracy but it is unfortunately not true. Given the up-votes of the thread and the down-votes of the negative comments (even ones only tangentially negative) that seems an odd conclusion to draw about the whole HN community.

by na85 7y ago

dijit 7y ago

I can't believe that to be true; Rachels posts consistently reach the front page and additionally you're implicitly calling every person who doesn't like/can't parse the content misogynistic. Besides aside from the name it's not like she puts her sexuality front and center, the reader has to notice it as part of the domain. Her name isn't even in the article.

na85 7y ago
>you're implicitly calling every person who doesn't like/can't parse the content misogynistic. What I'm suggesting is that opinionated women tend to draw more ire and negative reactions than opinionated men, for reasons too complex to address in an HN comment. I'm willing to bet that if the same post had been made on a medium.com blog that didn't include a gendered name ("Rachel") then the comments would be less caustic.
- dijit 7y ago
  I'm not going to argue the point you're making but instead I'll mention that the opinion being discussed here is not _really_ considered an "opinion" (nor are you opinionated for having it) in sysadmin-land. (Regarding everything the author does/says/thinks in the article) Everything she does in the article is exactly what any sane sysadmin would do, it's institutional awareness.
  - na85 7y ago
    >Everything she does in the article is exactly what any sane sysadmin would do, it's institutional awareness. My point exactly.
RulerOf 7y ago
The vocal minority gets representation in a comments section. Misogyny is pretty common in tech. It's not an absurd conclusion to jump to.

marcinzm 7y ago

>HN (and more broadly the tech industry at large) likes to believe that it is an egalitarian meritocracy but it is unfortunately not true. Given the up-votes of the thread and the down-votes of the negative comments (even ones only tangentially negative) that seems an odd conclusion to draw about the whole HN community.