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She probably just got tired of being treated the way highly visible women often are on the internet. This is not always visible to everyone else since there are
by InclinedPlane 13y ago
She probably just got tired of being treated the way highly visible women often are on the internet. This is not always visible to everyone else since there are private messages on reddit. It's possible things are better now, it's hard to say. I tried to perform an experiment on reddit a while ago by posting under a handle that was obviously feminine but I had to cancel the experiment because it didn't really work due to my posting style being too abnormal.
- prawn 13y agoI never noticed gender come into it on the public side, at least. A good number of people wouldn't have even been aware she was female. (Think of the Groklaw thread the other day and many assuming PJ is male.) There was an abrasive way RRC responded to some that fired up discussions and I got the impression that this ultimately frustrated her into ending her participation. I've seen that abrasive style/response feedback loop develop with males just the same.