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PG: The biggest source of stress for me at YC was running HN

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482 points ilamont | 3 comments | 11 Jul 20 21:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.469s | source
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sgustard ◴[12 Jul 20 04:01 UTC] No.23808698[source]▶
I started an internet forum in 2006 whose audience was almost entirely female. It grew to a reasonable size, not huge, but what was remarkable was a nearly complete lack of trolls, arguments, and bad behavior. We saw that women just engage differently online, with a premium on expressing positive sentiments and encouraging each other to contribute constructively. Of course I don't want to generalize, but the removal of young men at their testosterone peak age from anonymous forums is remarkable.
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1. znpy ◴[12 Jul 20 06:11 UTC] No.23809263[source]▶
Yeah, hard to believe without URL, sources or anything. Also, was that just a feeling you had or had you done some kind of measurement?

Source: You know, I have been to Mars back in 2005.

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2. eropple ◴[12 Jul 20 16:26 UTC] No.23812490[source]▶
I am a member of a forum similar to the one described by the parent poster and I would under no circumstances link it here specifically and explicitly because of the behavior regularly and explicitly exhibited on HN, including and especially in your post.

"Citations needed" posts about anecdotal experience make good people leave because it turns a discussion into adversarial disproof.

Your post kills the kinds of communities that are better when fostered.

3. dang ◴[12 Jul 20 19:09 UTC] No.23813874[source]▶
Please don't be a jerk in comments here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html