Or a site like this one, lobsters, etc, with, if not a majority, at least a sizable community of women involved ?<p>I see it's been asked before what percentage of women might make up contributors here, with no clear answer. But it seems like there aren't many or they'd rather not make a point about it.
Elpha is a discussion community
for women in tech.<p>It was started by a female YC employee and she then left YC employment to run it full time, with YC funding it as part of their summer 2019 batch.<p><a href="https://elpha.com" rel="nofollow">https://elpha.com</a>
Non-minority here. IMHO, the question is valid and should not be flagged. It’s ok to look for/ask about a version of it where a particular demographic feels more represented/included. That does not invalidate the site or the people who don’t belong to such groups, and having the question flagged so fast only raises suspicions over the alleged neutrality of the site regarding gender, etc.
"Is there an HN for ***" would create uncountable subcultures and divisions which are definitely not needed.<p>Whatever you might be interested in discussing or reading here, I as a male might be interested in too.
You could try Ovarit, it's one of the few exclusively women-centered forums out there. They have a STEM sub-forum if you're looking for tech topics in particular.
The fact that this question was instantly flagged off the front page says a lot about the HN readership in and of itself. OP, I'm not aware of such a site, but I'm sure many people would appreciate a place like that.
Related:<p><i>Poll: My gender is... (2008)</i> —
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=126938" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=126938</a><p><i>Poll: Male or female? (2009)</i> — <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=591309" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=591309</a><p><i>Poll: Male or female or other (2013)</i> — <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5520342" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5520342</a>
I made a comment asking "Is HN not for women? I think it's for everyone." a couple hours ago. It got +7 karma since. And yet, it's now not shown (it's folded) by default. It never happened to be before on HN. Can someone explain what feature is this?<p>BTW I see that it happened to majority of comments. What the heck is going on here?
If women feel HN is not currently for them, the questions would be: why not and what can we do to remedy that? Percentage of contributors is a problematic benchmark here, because the industry as a whole has a very depressing gender split. If you're put off by the conservatism often on display here, the solution is <i>not</i> to leave and look elsewhere - the solution would be <i>more</i> engagement and show of presence.
I personally don't think gender segregation should have a place in tech discussions, or any discussion in general, as long as conversation is held in good faith and in a respectful manner.<p>However for the people that do want it, I think that they need to look further than HN. By its centralized nature HN will guarantee that the over represented voices will drown everyone else.<p>The only way I see this kind of an effort gathering steam is by using one of the discussion platforms coming from the ActivityPub community as a starting point, but unfortunately that brings all the problems of building a community from scratch to the surface. Even if the community would be connected to the greater mass of the fediverse, it would still require a lot of effort to gather mind share. :(<p>But I would still be interested in seeing such an effort take root. (And to toot my own horn, I do happen to have a project that can be used for this purpose; details in my bio, anyone feel free to reach out.)
If you want something with specifically Female orientated content try<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/</a><p>otherwise, HN is pretty neutral on gender...