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Maybe it's time for an "Ask HN: Who's Single". I can't imagine there's only one person on here trying to find someone. If politics are occasionally allowed on

Maybe it's time for an "Ask HN: Who's Single". I can't imagine there's only one person on here trying to find someone. If politics are occasionally allowed on here, maybe that would be, too.

metadat 4y ago
Probably deserves its own site or app. Also, everyone is already on tinder, hinge, bumble, grindr etc.
actfrench 4y ago
Love it! I have to work up my courage a little more though :)
mgdlbp 4y ago
The HN meetups are still happening, right?
- hnu0847 4y ago
  There are HN meetups? Do you have more information on this?
  - mgdlbp 4y ago
    I've only seen the posts about them on HN--see these searches for context.[1] There was a flurry of submissions announcing them around ten years ago that quickly tapered off. The original DC group looks dead, and the much-praised HNLondon dissolved as well. Most were organized using Meetup.com, and today, the site's 'Hacker News' topic lists a number of groups around the world.[2] Also relatively recent is this 2019 submission of a list of groups that has some meta discussion.[3] Raised there is a salient question: What, really, distinguishes an HN meetup from any other tech meetup? [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?query=hn%20meetup&prefix=true https://hn.algolia.com/?query=hn%20meetup&prefix=true & https://hn.algolia.com/?query=hacker%20news%20meetup&prefix=true https://hn.algolia.com/?query=hacker%20news%20meetup&prefix=... [2] https://www.meetup.com/topics/hacker-news/ https://www.meetup.com/topics/hacker-news/ [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19264764 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19264764
DoreenMichele 4y ago
The problem with this thought is that HN tends to skew strongly male. I have no idea what current stats are, but, say, twelve years ago, surveys suggested active participants were as much as 98 percent male. Dating apps tend to skew male, iirc, and it's a problem. I doubt they typically skew that far male. I believe female representation has improved here over the years, but it probably still skews very strongly male.

Maybe it's time for an "Ask HN: Who's Single". I can't imagine there's only one person on here trying to find someone. If politics are occasionally allowed on here, maybe that would be, too.

metadat 4y ago

Probably deserves its own site or app. Also, everyone is already on tinder, hinge, bumble, grindr etc.

actfrench 4y ago

Love it! I have to work up my courage a little more though :)

mgdlbp 4y ago

The HN meetups are still happening, right?

hnu0847 4y ago
There are HN meetups? Do you have more information on this?
- mgdlbp 4y ago
  I've only seen the posts about them on HN--see these searches for context.[1] There was a flurry of submissions announcing them around ten years ago that quickly tapered off. The original DC group looks dead, and the much-praised HNLondon dissolved as well. Most were organized using Meetup.com, and today, the site's 'Hacker News' topic lists a number of groups around the world.[2] Also relatively recent is this 2019 submission of a list of groups that has some meta discussion.[3] Raised there is a salient question: What, really, distinguishes an HN meetup from any other tech meetup? [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?query=hn%20meetup&prefix=true https://hn.algolia.com/?query=hn%20meetup&prefix=true & https://hn.algolia.com/?query=hacker%20news%20meetup&prefix=true https://hn.algolia.com/?query=hacker%20news%20meetup&prefix=... [2] https://www.meetup.com/topics/hacker-news/ https://www.meetup.com/topics/hacker-news/ [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19264764 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19264764

DoreenMichele 4y ago

The problem with this thought is that HN tends to skew strongly male. I have no idea what current stats are, but, say, twelve years ago, surveys suggested active participants were as much as 98 percent male. Dating apps tend to skew male, iirc, and it's a problem. I doubt they typically skew that far male. I believe female representation has improved here over the years, but it probably still skews very strongly male.