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Re:Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and ... by reroute1 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:20PM (#22132239)
I'm confused. Why does being a women give a different set of challenges when troubleshooting a problem? The fact that it's a majority male doesn't explain why people would treat women completely differently.

Where are you getting these assumptions? Why would the same advice not be given to a male? If a male and a female ask the same question, they are given the same answer in my experience. Maybe it's that they are not having the same problems or asking the same questions?

Of course people would respond differently to different questions. It sounds like maybe not knowing the right questions to ask or where to look for those answers, or an inability to communicate about concepts in clear terms. And that's not a knock against women, there are plenty who can do this well. That seems much more straightforward and plausibe than saying that HN gives you trivial answers and gives you the run around because you have female experiences.

That's just different answers being given to different questions.

Re:Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and ... by SolaceQuantum on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:33PM (#22132376)
I'm confused; didn't the entire post you're responding to just explain why all of your questions are unproductive?
Re:Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and ... by pezo1919 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:42PM (#22132484)
Unproductive for who?
Re:Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and ... by SolaceQuantum on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:52PM (#22132595)
For both parties, because one party may be unheard and the other unanswered.
Re:Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and ... by pezo1919 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @05:48PM (#22133144)
I just realized I'm not even sure what you were referring to and if you were kidding! :D

Let it as is! :D

Re:Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and ... by reroute1 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:44PM (#22132508)
No, that's lumping in a huge amount of genuine disagreement and curiosity into a throw away bucket because a certain perspective doesn't like them. Maybe people should look at having actual conversations and not trying to educate everyone.
Re:Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and ... by SolaceQuantum on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:53PM (#22132607)
Woah, I'm even more confused now. You said you were confused but you don't appear confused at all when I asked what you were doing. Could you please clarify?
Re:Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and ... by reroute1 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:56PM (#22132644)
I'm confused about the OPs opinions. I'm not confused about your response. I think it's more than unproductive to blindly dismiss questions, it's telling. How was that confusing? Who asked you?

... And to your comment below...

... I already responded to why, because it's Bs to post a claim with no questions allowed. I'm not calling her a liar I'm disagreeing with the conclusion she comes to.

Sorry I don't blindly believe conspiracy theories. You shouldn't either. I don't care if they posted NO QUESTIONS, IM FEELING UNWELCOME. Like that's great, I'm still going to ask questions, you don't get immunity especially with nonsense theories. That's something to qualify arguments with clear holes in them. I'm trying to get a real answer not make a sheltered bubble.

This is a hollow opinion to hold. If you can't defend or discuss your beliefs, especially inflammatory and controversial ones, then don't spout them off with a disclaimer of no questions allowed. I happen to disagree with the explanation op gives, but they won't even accept feedback. We're at an impasse because you want your own rules.

Otherwise it's just an opinion contest and no progress will ever be made. Thanks for pointing out the obvious repeatedly though. I don't want to e welcoming to everyone, I want to be welcoming to those who deserve it.

Re:Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and ... by SolaceQuantum on Thursday January 23, 2020 @05:15PM (#22132859)
It was confusing because the person explicitly stated when someone says they experience something, believe them, and if you don’t understand then google it yourself. You responded by asking more questions, even though the post was explicit about how questions are exhausting and part of why a person may feel pushed away. This is why I said I’m confused, because it seems odd to respond to a post that expresses how questions are unwelcoming with more questions.
Re:Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and ... by pezo1919 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @05:52PM (#22133171)
Yeah, but if someone is not ready to being asked on a forum I don't know what he/she is hoping for after posting to a forum.
Re:Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and ... by SolaceQuantum on Thursday January 23, 2020 @08:36PM (#22134526)
It’s not that they’re not ready, it’s that they are explaining how asking questions is making an environment unwelcoming.