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I am confused, where exactly do you see this hostility? I thought the hacker community is welcome to everyone. In fact, i am not a white male. Most people i kno

I am confused, where exactly do you see this hostility? I thought the hacker community is welcome to everyone. In fact, i am not a white male. Most people i know aren't white males. A very large number of visitors of HN are probably not white males. But we're all respectful towards each other here. In fact of all the forums online, I actually find HN to be the least biased/racist/sexist. Just the other day, that post by Julia Evans about writing an OS received such positive feedback. I didn't see a single comment that discredited her for being a female. In fact when one commenter accidentally called her a "he", he was put down by the others for his mistake, saying that it is very disrespectful to assume the poster of a Tech blog is a male by default. So i don't see really what hostility you are pointing towards. Some examples would be welcome.

jd0 13y ago
I know discussion here is reasonable, and that's partially why I brought it up here on HN vs anywhere else, but check my recent comment for clarification: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6879195 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6879195
thenerdfiles 13y ago
There's a huge social network that makes up programming which exists outside of HN and networks like it. That said, what about the problems of Big Companies? These companies largely continue to allow these "hostilities" to persist. It's the problem of "mixed talent".
- xerophtye 13y ago
  Umm... I can't think of any color-examples at the moment, but as for the females and big companies thing, well, Yahoo's CEO is a female. Google's Security head is a female (last i checked). Apart from big companies, DefCon's team has a lot of females in it. So the "HackerScene" isn't just about males
  - thenerdfiles 13y ago
    They're exceptions to the rule of experience; or else there wouldn't be much point behind the feminist movement. I mean, I understand your point... But it really is akin to saying we're in a post-racial America because the American President is Black.

jd0 13y ago

I know discussion here is reasonable, and that's partially why I brought it up here on HN vs anywhere else, but check my recent comment for clarification: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6879195 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6879195

thenerdfiles 13y ago

There's a huge social network that makes up programming which exists outside of HN and networks like it. That said, what about the problems of Big Companies? These companies largely continue to allow these "hostilities" to persist. It's the problem of "mixed talent".

xerophtye 13y ago
Umm... I can't think of any color-examples at the moment, but as for the females and big companies thing, well, Yahoo's CEO is a female. Google's Security head is a female (last i checked). Apart from big companies, DefCon's team has a lot of females in it. So the "HackerScene" isn't just about males
- thenerdfiles 13y ago
  They're exceptions to the rule of experience; or else there wouldn't be much point behind the feminist movement. I mean, I understand your point... But it really is akin to saying we're in a post-racial America because the American President is Black.