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> even more palatable to investors and advertisers. I just wish they were honest about it. They’re trying to make it more palatable for women, they’ve been try

> even more palatable to investors and advertisers. I just wish they were honest about it. They’re trying to make it more palatable for women, they’ve been trying for more than 6 years now. How woke can Alexis Ohanian really be if he makes one of the largest places men objectify women? I think it’s personally very important to him and it’s not an anti free speech, morality or pro advertising crusade at all. They are struggling to overcome a perception that women are only welcome on Reddit if they’re nude, pretty or adjacent. The site is probably 90% male visitors. Clearly it has something to do with nudity especially, because while Instagram definitely is a place where women are scantily clad, the lack of nudity, the hilarious specific ban on even just women’s bare nipples, has something to do with why the app is more than 50% female users.

s5300 6y ago
Eh, I've known Ohanian a bit. You're definitely looking into it a bit much on that line of thought.
AbrahamParangi 6y ago
Something like 34% of reddit users are women according to at least one survey.
josephg 6y ago
> The site is probably 90% male visitors. I saw some actual stats on this a few years ago and IIRC it was 60% male / 40% female. There’s plenty of subreddits which are mostly women.
spideymans 6y ago
>Clearly it has something to do with nudity especially, because while Instagram definitely is a place where women are scantily clad, the lack of nudity, the hilarious specific ban on even just women’s bare nipples, has something to do with why the app is more than 50% female users. Twitter and Tumblr are very popular with female users, and both have had a significant amount of porn on them.
xmprt 6y ago
I feel like it's just as dangerous to assume that the internet is still this male dominated. Just because people don't have a preface before every comment stating that they're women doesn't mean they're not women.

s5300 6y ago

Eh, I've known Ohanian a bit. You're definitely looking into it a bit much on that line of thought.

AbrahamParangi 6y ago

Something like 34% of reddit users are women according to at least one survey.

josephg 6y ago

> The site is probably 90% male visitors. I saw some actual stats on this a few years ago and IIRC it was 60% male / 40% female. There’s plenty of subreddits which are mostly women.

spideymans 6y ago

>Clearly it has something to do with nudity especially, because while Instagram definitely is a place where women are scantily clad, the lack of nudity, the hilarious specific ban on even just women’s bare nipples, has something to do with why the app is more than 50% female users. Twitter and Tumblr are very popular with female users, and both have had a significant amount of porn on them.

xmprt 6y ago

I feel like it's just as dangerous to assume that the internet is still this male dominated. Just because people don't have a preface before every comment stating that they're women doesn't mean they're not women.