The Reddit Island Project

Re:The Reddit Island Project by Aetius on Thursday June 03, 2010 @11:53PM (#1403429)

This is a good idea, akin to a Luxembourg for technology, except for one thing.

A lack of women. Oh sure maybe some redditors will bring their wives and girlfriends, but they will still be outnumbered in the same proportions as Women In Tech.

Solve the women problem and you'll have your island.

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Re:The Reddit Island Project by dalore on Friday June 04, 2010 @06:18AM (#1403933)

I smell an opportunity for an escort service :)

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Re:The Reddit Island Project by mikedmiked on Friday June 04, 2010 @07:44AM (#1404025)

You have a truly entrepreneurial mind!

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Re:The Reddit Island Project by brapse on Friday June 04, 2010 @12:36PM (#1404784)

I was at the last montreal reddit meetup, and the ratio was almost 8/6. (http://imgur.com/p5aWY). Most of the guys: programmers. Most of the girls: graduate level psych students.

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Re:The Reddit Island Project by m-photonic on Friday June 04, 2010 @06:15PM (#1405819)

I read somewhere that reddit as a whole is about 35% female; I'm not sure what the breakdown is when it comes to the different subcommunities within it.

Also, what makes it almost 8/6? Based on that picture, the ratio seems to be exactly 8/6.

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Re:The Reddit Island Project by ErrantX on Friday June 04, 2010 @10:56AM (#1404463)

potential solution is to pitch it as an "eco"/self-sufficient living place - that probably syncs with the main force behind the project anyway.

You will find that attracts more women.

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