The most striking thing about this to me is how different the comments on the two situations are.
Two people have written blog posts about getting fired from github https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9158913 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11299310 … https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14703661 …
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Case A: the man gets the benefit of the doubt, negative comments get downvoted Case B: the woman gets a ton of FUD, top comment is FUD.
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I don't know enough about the situation to know if the FUD is true, but neither does the person who wrote it or the people who upvoted it.
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It is literally impossible for the comment ranking to be a reflection of reality. It's all just a reflection of people's biases.
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Research suggests it's apt to consider gender as a major factor. See, Heidi vs Howard here https://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/03/are-successful-women-really-less-likable-than-successful-men/273926/ …
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Wow. Some of these stories are really scary.....
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Interesting reads. I've very rarely read threads on there. Thanks.
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