Re:Our plan for a more diverse Pinterest
by Zikes on Thursday July 30, 2015 @04:01PM
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I would hardly consider a troll post from an account less than half an hour old to be representative of the technology industry.
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There are plenty of folks in our industry moonlighting as trolls, and plenty not outright trolling who still hold these sorts of attitudes.
And yet their post is still getting voted into oblivion, even when nobody knows who votes for what.
Yes, obvious trolling by a Nazi username gets downvoted. Yay us!
Unfortunately, biases are rarely so blatant. Many are even non-malicious and entirely unconscious, like how people tend to guess older ages for black youth than white youth. http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2014/03/black-boys-ol...
Yes, obvious trolling by a Nazi username gets downvoted. Yay us.
I still say they don't represent the technical community. And it's blatantly obvious they don't represent the HN community, given the downvotes.
I'm not saying there aren't biases, sexism, ageism, or racism in tech, but I'd appreciate it if you didn't point at the obvious troll and say "this right here is the face of tech".