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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by wvenable on Thursday April 26, 2018 @04:30PM (#16935415)
I don't disagree with the article in general but I was surprised by the women and people of color comments -- how does anyone know someone's gender or race on SO?

Of all the sites on the Internet, SO seems to be particularly well suited to the anonymity of posters -- even more so than HN because HN is more free form and conversational.

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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by DanBC on Friday April 27, 2018 @07:39AM (#16939965)
> how does anyone know someone's gender or race on SO?

SO allows people to use an avatar image. I think for some time they were using images from Gravatar. So people were putting images of themselves in posts; or they didn't realise their gravatar image would be used.

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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by ythn on Thursday April 26, 2018 @04:39PM (#16935524)
Maybe women and people of color just perceived SO as a more hostile place because they imagined the person on the other side of the keyboard as a white male (true or not) and took it as an attack on their gender/race, forgetting that they are anonymous.
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