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The Developer Formerly Known as FreeBSDGirl

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Re: The Developer Formerly Known as FreeBSDGirl

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eeZi wrote: post #10

:(... As someone who didn't really follow the whole controversy the past years, this was an eye-opener for me. Did it really get that bad? Stop tolerating the intolerant! Also, I don't understand the point of GamerGate. As an outsider, all I see is two groups making themselves look really bad and everyone else loosing. You don't convince others by threatening and harassing them, something the extremes at both sides s…

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Re: The Developer Formerly Known as FreeBSDGirl

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Post by lillian-lemmer »

Pharaoh2 wrote: post #16
eeZi wrote: post #10

:(... As someone who didn't really follow the whole controversy the past years, this was an eye-opener for me. Did it really get that bad? Stop tolerating the intolerant! Also, I don't understand the point of GamerGate. As an outsider, all I see is two groups making themselves look really bad and everyone else loosing. You don't convince others by threatening and harassing them, something the extremes at both sides s…

It's a shit storm, which might have had meaning at some point but it's now mostly a way to grab attention by a group of people, mostly looking for ways to make money out of it.

No. This is about women wanting their safety prioritized over others' "right" to treat women like garbage.

Re: The Developer Formerly Known as FreeBSDGirl

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Post by Tomte »

[deleted] wrote: post #40

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That's probably because the flame detector triggered (maybe lots of downvotes and upvotes, indicating a highly polarized discussion). I doubt it's been a manual intervention and wouldn't be surprised if a moderator manually reinstated the story on the front page, instead of having buried it in the first place.

Disclaimer: I know next to nothing about how HN really works.

Re: The Developer Formerly Known as FreeBSDGirl

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Post by detaro »

andrewprock wrote: post #43
[deleted] wrote: post #40

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I noticed that myself. Such actions make the moderators look like they are taking sides.

Why do you believe this was a mod and not users flagging? Given the [flag]-fest below I'd expect the submission itself got a few flags as well.

Re: The Developer Formerly Known as FreeBSDGirl

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Post by eeZi »

andallas wrote: post #32
eeZi wrote: post #10

:(... As someone who didn't really follow the whole controversy the past years, this was an eye-opener for me. Did it really get that bad? Stop tolerating the intolerant! Also, I don't understand the point of GamerGate. As an outsider, all I see is two groups making themselves look really bad and everyone else loosing. You don't convince others by threatening and harassing them, something the extremes at both sides s…

I don't follow you on that last bit, about noticing how she didn't mention the username. I feel like you mean to imply something, but maybe I'm not following?

I like that she didn't, since it emphasizes that this is not about that particular conflict, but the way it has been handled. She could have mentioned his name in an effort to make him look bad (this post will probably get a lot of attention), but she didn't.
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