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Non-gendered handles are a standard trick for women in hacker forums or channels. I was once publicly upbraided for revealing someone's gender -- all the regul
by neilk 17y ago
Non-gendered handles are a standard trick for women in hacker forums or channels.
I was once publicly upbraided for revealing someone's gender -- all the regulars knew, but she wanted to be incognito for the legions of net-geeks, lest she receive zillions of come-ons every time she posted anything.
- jff 17y agoI was recently checking the stats on one of my youtube videos. 5,300+ views, and the demographics showed 100% male viewers. Admittedly, it was an OS demo, but I'm pretty sure at least a few women watched it. It's just that you'd be a fool to identify yourself as a woman on something like Youtube.
- pbhjpbhj 17y agoThere are lots of people that identify themselves as female on YouTube and the don't all appear to be fools. Feigning womanhood in order to curry favour also works.