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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by typomatic on Thursday April 26, 2018 @06:03PM (#16936284)
> But this isn't true. No one knows anything about a user on Stack Overflow unless they explicitly announce it, and generally my perception seems to be a disdain towards newer members in general, not ones from any particular group.

Almost everyone on SO uses a variation of their real name. I suspect you are a smart enough person to know that that is far more than enough to engage in racial and sexual discrimination.

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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by mehrdadn on Thursday April 26, 2018 @06:49PM (#16936663)
> Almost everyone on SO uses a variation of their real name. I suspect you are a smart enough person to know that that is far more than enough to engage in racial and sexual discrimination.

Note: A significant chunk of them, yes, but not almost everyone, as far as I know. Looking just at the front page right now, out of the 96 users, I see 7 users whose name begins with "user" (like "user2141351"), at least 13 who have names like "xyz" or "NRA" or "SSB" or "BmyGuest" or "saladi" etc... that's at least 20% of my sample.

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