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Because it talks about harassment in IT? Those trolls or “kids” as few people names them, are in most cases HN target audience. :)
by monkin 6y ago
Because it talks about harassment in IT? Those trolls or “kids” as few people names them, are in most cases HN target audience. :)
- waihtis 6y ago> Those trolls or “kids” as few people names them, are in most cases HN target audience. :) Not that I've spent a meaningful amount of time on any "chan", but based on my limited understanding just reducing HN and 4chan into "tech sites" is insufficient. Again, the flaggings are the obvious signal of what interests people here. Why enforce arbitrary moderation on top?
- monkin 6y agoYes, for me it’s obvious signal that most of them was hurt by this. It’s not about interest.
- waihtis 6y ago> It’s not about interest. How do you know? Example: I flag, on every opportunity, posts related to US politics. It's not because I'm "hurt" or annoyed by US politics, it's because I have close to zero interest in them and don't want that to be a content category that takes up space in HN from the actual interesting stuff. I bet many feel the same for posts about social issues like this, whether it's morally right or wrong.
- monkin 6y agoThis social issue is tied with IT, HN and communities/companies alike. It shouldn’t be flagged because it’s hard for many, it should be talked about. Women in tech are treated like second class citizens. But maybe i spent too much time in tech social media and I see those patterns regularly. Eg. Abuse woman online, if she starts talking about it, discredit her skills, and try to humiliate as much as possible, presenting it as a snowflake kind of attitude. All of this is typical “nice guy” kind of shit.
- BTCOG 6y agoThis is not an issue tied to IT any more than it's an issue tied to a corner store gas station. You cannot regulate morality.
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