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30 points and on the front page, yet basically no commentary.

That's a message by itself.

Is the message that this article doesn't present any information that hasn't been said before? What exactly are people supposed to be commenting on?

Sexism seems to be a problem in this industry, along with many other industries. But I don't really know what you expect people to discuss every time an article like this gets posted to hacker news.

What is the message?

The message is that sexism and harrasment are still pervasive in tech. Not an original statement, but still needs to be said, over and over again, until things change.

Going on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on about sexism in tech is perhaps one of the best ways I can think of to make sure it doesn't change. It paints the picture that tech is a horrible place, so women should stay away. It tells people in tech that it's OK to be sexist, because everyone already is.

The message I got from it was that Hacker News is tired of hearing about it, which is a bad sign indeed.

Yet another message was sent by downvoting my comment, which I interpret to be because they thought I meant that nobody wants to hear about this anymore.

And that WAS what I was saying, but I wasn't saying it was justified.

Anyway...lots of messaging going on here.

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