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Is this thread like Stephen Hawkings party for time travellers? :) Serious question though, how do you know when you come across women in the HN comments?
We're all suspecting that the real answer is that OP has always assumed everyone here who comments is a guy and women just read and don't comment.
There's a game called Valhalla, in which there is a fictional version of the internet where everyone online is assumed to be female and where women didn't have to hide their gender in online communities to avoid biases. The game's take on internet culture feels absurdist, but the satire really hits home when you see threads like this that highlights how invisible women are in our IRL internet culture. In an ideal wor…
Edit: typo it didn't->I didn't
There's a game called Valhalla, in which there is a fictional version of the internet where everyone online is assumed to be female and where women didn't have to hide their gender in online communities to avoid biases. The game's take on internet culture feels absurdist, but the satire really hits home when you see threads like this that highlights how invisible women are in our IRL internet culture. In an ideal wor…
i think the real question is how come you like to play as a female?
There's a game called Valhalla, in which there is a fictional version of the internet where everyone online is assumed to be female and where women didn't have to hide their gender in online communities to avoid biases. The game's take on internet culture feels absurdist, but the satire really hits home when you see threads like this that highlights how invisible women are in our IRL internet culture. In an ideal wor…
I always find myself assuming the person writing the comment I'm reading to be a middle-aged white male, and I feel dumb and ashamed when I realize that's not it. FWIW I'm a white male living in a western country so I'm deeply privileged/prejudiced. It's good to have my biases put in check, but I wished I didn't have them in the first place. Edit: typo it didn't->I didn't
so is everyone else anywhere in the world. I've lived in India and Brazil.
> I wished it didn't have them in the first place.
How is this even possible :|. insn't our brain a pattern matching machine.
i am a gurl, i can tell you the pay gap is still real, how dare my senior have higher salary than me! #meToo #itsHerTurn #Drumpf
Is this thread like Stephen Hawkings party for time travellers? :) Serious question though, how do you know when you come across women in the HN comments?
you don't, but when unspecified with "as a woman.." I'm guessing people in the tech community are generally just assumed to be men since that's the majority
we have a secret: a lot of us also choose to "hide" behind gender-neutral usernames. It's a thing that makes life easier on the internet.
Is this thread like Stephen Hawkings party for time travellers? :) Serious question though, how do you know when you come across women in the HN comments?
you don't, but when unspecified with "as a woman.." I'm guessing people in the tech community are generally just assumed to be men since that's the majority
EDIT: and that's coming from someone who is actively trying to be more sensitive in these matters.
Is this thread like Stephen Hawkings party for time travellers? :) Serious question though, how do you know when you come across women in the HN comments?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
you don't, but when unspecified with "as a woman.." I'm guessing people in the tech community are generally just assumed to be men since that's the majority
As a woman... we have a secret: a lot of us also choose to "hide" behind gender-neutral usernames. It's a thing that makes life easier on the internet.
There's a game called Valhalla, in which there is a fictional version of the internet where everyone online is assumed to be female and where women didn't have to hide their gender in online communities to avoid biases. The game's take on internet culture feels absurdist, but the satire really hits home when you see threads like this that highlights how invisible women are in our IRL internet culture. In an ideal wor…
I always find myself assuming the person writing the comment I'm reading to be a middle-aged white male, and I feel dumb and ashamed when I realize that's not it. FWIW I'm a white male living in a western country so I'm deeply privileged/prejudiced. It's good to have my biases put in check, but I wished I didn't have them in the first place. Edit: typo it didn't->I didn't