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Ask HN: Why is the Gates affair story getting flagged off the front page?

13 points by paganel 5y ago

I would have imagined that power imbalances between men and women in tech firms would be a valid topic to discuss, this being a tech-related forum and men’s role in keeping women socially and economically subdued being a topic that we (as a society) have finally decided to discuss out in the open.

nabla9 5y ago
Celebrity gossip. Bill Gates is famous for being cursing bully in the workplace. He has admitted it himself. He treated everyone badly. He tried to hustle his co-founder from his shares when Paul Allen became sick. How he treated women is just side show.
- paganel 5y ago
  It’s on the front page of the Financial Times, the story was originally reported by the Wall Street Journal, this is not some Gawker-like story.
  - nabla9 5y ago
    It's still just celebrity news for business people.
tjpnz 5y ago
If you're referring to the dw article I felt exactly the same which is why I vouched for it when it was flagged the first time. I do find it a bit sad that people aren't willing to discuss the topic here. This is a very real problem and it goes far beyond Gates.
aww_dang 5y ago
Can someone reference critical coverage of Gates that made it to the front page?
- tjpnz 5y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27184525 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27184525