One way HN's ideological filters work is that the overwhelmingly male userbase can be counted on to vote for articles like this (more so than more knowledgeable

One way HN's ideological filters work is that the overwhelmingly male userbase can be counted on to vote for articles like this (more so than more knowledgeable ones), which try to preserve tech's status quo against progressive thought. (It also flags articles which deviate.) When this filter doesn't work, moderator intervention kicks in. (Incidentally, his rejection of "Women Who Code, PyLadies, Girls Who Code, Black Girls Code, etc" of course doesn't mention the benefit of countering the influence of society's goofy system of patriarchy, which teaches people quite dysfunctional behavior.)