Leap: An Online Community for Women • Hacker News Board

Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by TheAdamAndChe » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 6:00 PM UTC

cbcowans wrote: post #2

Hi! I'm the creator of Leap. Glad to answer questions here.

I am really conflicted about this.

On one hand, I think that it will provide a valuable resource for a large group of people, which is good! On the other hand, an online tech community designed solely for men would be met with hate and massive backlash.

If equality is our goal, how will self-segregation help meet that goal?

Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by lynnetye » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 6:01 PM UTC

I've been a member of Leap for many months now, and I have been amazed by the incredible displays of women helping women in this online community. I've become personal friends with a handful of women that I've met through Leap, and wish that Leap existed years ago when I first entered (and felt lost navigating) the tech scene. Thanks for creating this, @cbcowans. It is already a huge success.

Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by egamirorrim » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 6:01 PM UTC

What if i identify as female?

Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by seany » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 6:01 PM UTC

cbcowans wrote: post #2

Hi! I'm the creator of Leap. Glad to answer questions here.

Is there going to be support for moderation transparency? Moderation bias seems to be an issue in these kinds of "closed" discussion platforms.

Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by rinchik » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 6:03 PM UTC

thenayr wrote: post #6

This is wonderful!! Side note, prepare for HN backlash...neckbeards get really triggered by this stuff.

Last time I checked generalizing and marginalizing a group of people was pretty bad and somewhat dumb, no?

this comment should be flagged

Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by btcctb » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 6:03 PM UTC

egamirorrim wrote: post #13

What if i identify as female?

That's a really good question actually and shows the problem with sites like this (especially when connected with Facebook)

Re: Leap: An Online Community for Women

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Post by SolaceQuantum » Tue, Jan 16, 2018, 6:03 PM UTC

egamirorrim wrote: post #13

What if i identify as female?

Wouldn't you then count as a woman?

EDIT: If you're not "out" as trans I don't see why you'd use this service that would ask you for your real name and identity. If you are "out" as trans then you're just another woman, I would think, and would do just fine.