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By definition, spam is unsolicited. If someone gives a website their email address, and they are sent website-related content, it's not spam. If the receiver doesn't like it, it's …

There are several of these people/stories out there. All still use some kind of currency, though. Usually favors, or they trade physical things. What's wrong with a paycheck when y…

Beautifully said. My mind always goes there too.

Sorry, I hate to be this person, but do you know who the high-paid, "celebrity" hair stylists are? Men. If you look at all the communications careers-- teachers, psychologists, mar…

You're obviously not even trying to understand this.

To be clear, what we're talking about here is not a simple interpersonal issue. It's sexism within a company. It doesn't matter whether the source of that sexism is the way the men…

Women can absolutely be sexist towards other women-- as in a jealousy scenario. Sexism is being targeted because of your gender. The fact that this is not obvious explains a lot.

Have you ever heard of gaslighting? I don't know what actually happened with this woman either, but it is unfair to say, "Tell us what exact event caused this." Many people have de…

Says a person who has obviously never been in such a situation and can't even imagine the reality. It's cartoon-ish to say, "Well then I'd sue and everything would be worth it." Kn…

She never said GitHub "wasn't like that" as much as that she was doing her best to change the situation from inside of her own company (GitHub). She encouraged women to join GitHub…

Not all women are extroverts? I'm a woman and could go without seeing people for a very long time. I think this is a huge misunderstanding of what it means to have a preference for…

You really want to present this law as a matter of women wanting an "out"? You have no idea why anyone is advocating for this. I have no problem talking "men's issues." I have a pr…

You can't see the irony in this.

HN readers in these gender discussions are so outright condescending, hateful, and knowingly, deliberately unreasonable-- not to mention "othering"-- it makes me consider never com…

I have to disagree, because I don't see what being tech-savvy has to do with it. There are therapists, landscapers, used car dealers, craftsmen, accountants, etc. All kinds of peop…

This is the part that confuses me, I guess. The business owner gets the email. It sounds spammy. Maybe they fall for it anyway and receive the article to post. But don't they then …

Exactly. I've been an avid guest blogger, and it has never had anything to do with Google. It's about a wide-reaching, respected brand vouching for my work. There's no PR more valu…

I'm not sure if this is an insult, but it reads like one.