A Guide to Hacker News for People Who Aren’t Men

Don’t click on threads that discuss gender unless you’re prepared to wade through crap

Whether that’s the chicken or the egg, the fact that the subject leads to crapfests might be a motivation for many to flag and move on.

I think its pretty clear that the misogyny came first, there is no ambiguity: people tolerate it and so it lives on.

Quite a few people don't tolerate it, but often the argumemts had don't change minds, and follow the exact same well-trodden pathways. Offline that can be managed, but online its pure flame.

The 500 point threshold for downvotes is fairly public. dang has posted a number of comments stating it is 500.

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=by:dang%20500&sort=byPopularit...

In response to some of the other long discussions stemming from contrary perspectives, I'd be interested in seeing this post discussed.