Comments on: The trouble with Slashdot http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/ Technology - Science - Pop Culture - Sex Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:02:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Anonymous http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/comment-page-1/#comment-39357 Anonymous Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:21:57 +0000 http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/#comment-39357 I got one thing to say and that is......Tom Lykis I got one thing to say and that is……Tom Lykis

]]> By: I See Invisible People » The New Boys Club http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/comment-page-1/#comment-2366 I See Invisible People » The New Boys Club Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:10:49 +0000 http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/#comment-2366 [...] In my experience the tech community is just as hostile now as it was 15 years ago, if not more so. Digg (I refuse to link) is known as a news mecca of tech buzz but but these days I only read it via RSS. I choose to follow a link to a story, I won’t glance at the comments. The blatant sexism and at times outright misogyny leave me feeling dirty and sick. In the months I spent reading it on the site, I only ever saw one regular female commentor and she was often shouted down with sexual insults. Even with my decade plus of online experience, I feel assaulted reading it. How must younger, less jaded, women feel? The average participant I would guess to be a male in his early to mid 20s, though I’d put the emotional age around 14. This is the younger generation, the one who supposedly grew up in an equal world with respect for women. Yet there might as well be a “No Girlz Allowed” on the banner. The situation isn’t much better at SlashDot. [...] [...] In my experience the tech community is just as hostile now as it was 15 years ago, if not more so. Digg (I refuse to link) is known as a news mecca of tech buzz but but these days I only read it via RSS. I choose to follow a link to a story, I won’t glance at the comments. The blatant sexism and at times outright misogyny leave me feeling dirty and sick. In the months I spent reading it on the site, I only ever saw one regular female commentor and she was often shouted down with sexual insults. Even with my decade plus of online experience, I feel assaulted reading it. How must younger, less jaded, women feel? The average participant I would guess to be a male in his early to mid 20s, though I’d put the emotional age around 14. This is the younger generation, the one who supposedly grew up in an equal world with respect for women. Yet there might as well be a “No Girlz Allowed” on the banner. The situation isn’t much better at SlashDot. [...]

]]> By: Epsas Nova http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/comment-page-1/#comment-835 Epsas Nova Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:31:35 +0000 http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/#comment-835 I think yer hot. Wanna make out?... Wait, what was this article about again? I think yer hot. Wanna make out?…

Wait, what was this article about again?

]]> By: Feeb http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Feeb Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:52:59 +0000 http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/#comment-95 I hate sexist geeks. I hate sexist geeks.

]]> By: Parker http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Parker Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:49:13 +0000 http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/#comment-74 Yeah, we do. Based on thekind of car we drive, the type of job we have, the expense of our clothes, etc. Don't worry, oui, you're still a victim, so everyone will still pay attention to you. I am sure the Title IX people are just around the corner, ready to put Slashdot out of business. Oh well, the feminist thought police have to do something with all that government money... Yeah, we do. Based on thekind of car we drive, the type of job we have, the expense of our clothes, etc.

Don’t worry, oui, you’re still a victim, so everyone will still pay attention to you.

I am sure the Title IX people are just around the corner, ready to put Slashdot out of business. Oh well, the feminist thought police have to do something with all that government money…

]]> By: oui http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/comment-page-1/#comment-69 oui Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:52:56 +0000 http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/#comment-69 funny how many men tell the female *not to take it so seriously* *don't worry about them* how many excuses can we come up with for the behavior and how many ways can we tell the female to stop feeling what she's feeling :) hahahhahaa, i love it...it bothered her, and yet, let's tell her why she shouldn't feel that way. cause you guys know what it feels like to be objectified waaaaaay more than women...right? hehe, it's sweet. funny how many men tell the female *not to take it so seriously* *don’t worry about them* how many excuses can we come up with for the behavior and how many ways can we tell the female to stop feeling what she’s feeling :)

hahahhahaa, i love it…it bothered her, and yet, let’s tell her why she shouldn’t feel that way. cause you guys know what it feels like to be objectified waaaaaay more than women…right?

hehe, it’s sweet.

]]> By: Johan http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Johan Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:22:08 +0000 http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/#comment-68 "3) guys will, almost before anything else, determine whether or not you [a woman] are attractive and discuss it amongst themselves." Beep. That's simply wrong. Unless American guys are far more sexist than Europeans, of course, but I don't really want to believe that. //JJ “3) guys will, almost before anything else, determine whether or not you [a woman] are attractive and discuss it amongst themselves.”

Beep.

That’s simply wrong. Unless American guys are far more sexist than Europeans, of course, but I don’t really want to believe that.

//JJ

]]> By: The geek girl in ascendence at Pandagon http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/comment-page-1/#comment-67 The geek girl in ascendence at Pandagon Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:20:56 +0000 http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/#comment-67 [...] One thing that struck me in the thread at that article and at Newitz’s own blog though, made me kind of sad. Well, I’ll give you an example–here are the first two comments at Techsploitation. You’re Sexy When You’re Angry [...] [...] One thing that struck me in the thread at that article and at Newitz’s own blog though, made me kind of sad. Well, I’ll give you an example–here are the first two comments at Techsploitation. You’re Sexy When You’re Angry [...]

]]> By: annalee http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/comment-page-1/#comment-62 annalee Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:40:54 +0000 http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/#comment-62 I'm saying that in a forum where technical topics are discussed, it is an example of sexism to turn discussion to the hotness of a given writer simply because she's female. And that's the context on Slashdot. My proposal is that we identify sexism when we see it and point it out. I’m saying that in a forum where technical topics are discussed, it is an example of sexism to turn discussion to the hotness of a given writer simply because she’s female. And that’s the context on Slashdot. My proposal is that we identify sexism when we see it and point it out.

]]> By: John P http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/comment-page-1/#comment-61 John P Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:23:16 +0000 http://www.techsploitation.com/2006/04/12/the-trouble-with-slashdot/#comment-61 I really don't get your objection. You seem to be saying that in an online context it is the ordering of the presentation that matters - we should provide comments *before anything else* that are relevant to the topic of discussion. Is it then OK to make a comment about appearances? That's a little meshugga. I'm comfortable keeping a discussion on an intellectual level, and I deplore sexism, no matter which gender it is directed towards. Slashdot is an open forum, with a moderation system. Do you have an alternative proposal for open online discussion? I really don’t get your objection. You seem to be saying that in an online context it is the ordering of the presentation that matters – we should provide comments *before anything else* that are relevant to the topic of discussion. Is it then OK to make a comment about appearances? That’s a little meshugga. I’m comfortable keeping a discussion on an intellectual level, and I deplore sexism, no matter which gender it is directed towards. Slashdot is an open forum, with a moderation system. Do you have an alternative proposal for open online discussion?

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