In my experience, by and large the posts that get traction are the ones that contradict the perceived cultural trends. So a post defending RMS will get much mo

In my experience, by and large the posts that get traction are the ones that contradict the perceived cultural trends. So a post defending RMS will get much more traction than one explaining why it's important to hold him accountable. A post dismissing Github's default branch name change as empty pandering will get much more traction than one explaining/defending why language and terminology matters, in all contexts. ^ These are feelings, I don't have data on them. So I think minimaxir did a really good job of presenting this problem in a more detached data driven way. D&I posts ARE more likely to be downvoted. Doesn't mean that ALL D&I posts are treated equal, though. The Susan Fowler post is a notable exception. I wrote about this in my own comment at the same time as you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26867142 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26867142