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Simple, require registration. Ask gender. If they answer Male, tell them to fuck off.

• chris_l 18y ago
  I think there might be a security hole in that one...
• stcredzero 18y ago
  This won't work. There is a sizable population on the net that likes to pose as female. If all you have to do to forge a female identity online is to choose female, then lots of guys will do it. I'm thinking that having an "unverified" status is the way to do it. Users who are not yet verified can browse and do certain things, but cannot comment or moderate. Alternatively, they will be able to comment, but at a lower Karma score, or some such.
  • IsaacSchlueter 18y ago
    But gender is ALWAYS "just ask and trust them", isn't it? Are you going to check their crotch? Or their hormone levels? Or their chromosomes? It's a bit silly, isn't it? There is a sizable population on the net that likes to pose as female. Not just on the net. I'd argue that the only reason it's so much more sizable on the internet is that gender-bending is so much cheaper there.
    • stcredzero 18y ago
      In real life, it isn't just "ask and trust them." You have to be invested in an identity. I figure that maintaining a female Facebook identity is a good enough analogue. This won't be absolute, but as you point out, neither is determining gender in real life. If gender-bending is not so cheap, then by your logic, you should get different dynamics. I am curious what a social news site for intelligent women would produce. Not a Digg for women, but a Hacker News for women!