Comments on: Is Digg Sexist?

By: Laurel

Laurel — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:12:40 +0000

If this clarifies things at all, I get offended at the “I don’t care what you’re saying just show us your tits” kind of comments the same way I get offended when someone says I should “go eat a dog” because I’m Asian. Sexist comments are more common than racist ones, but that doesn’t mean they’re any better.

That said, I’m going to agree with Dave that feminists and anyone who feels discriminated against on Digg “have the option of contributing more and balancing things out.” If anyone feels that Digg is an important enough community to warrant that kind of effort, then rally your troops.

I say this because as much as I hate “hate speech,” I hate censorship more since censorship can become suppression which can become “Hey, where did all my civil liberties go?”. (IOW, who gets to decide what’s offensive and where does it end? I’d like to keep the freedom to call an idiot and idiot.) Putting yourself online is a lot like walking through Central Park at night: sometimes you need a posse to back you up or you’re going to get brutalized. It’s unfortunate, but true.

The idea of having rules to keep people in line to create a respectful conversation is okay, but I’d prefer that the community evolve itself instead.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:34:54 +0000

Both of you are shining reasons as to why feminism hasn’t been taken seriously for years. Kudos, ladies. Kudos.

By: LM

LM — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:23:46 +0000

As a woman, I disagree with both the whiny feminist and the boastful anti-feminist. Yes, I want to be treated equally. No, I’m not at all offended when people think that just because I digg, I must be another guy. But I am offended by the way the woman drivers and “bitch make me a sandwich” comments get positively digged.
If your feminism article is crappy (which most of them are), you shouldn’t get digged. But I do think it’s fair to complain that the general population of male diggers often make sexist comments because they assume all other diggers are men who agree with them.

By: funny commercials

funny commercials — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:17:06 +0000

Digg ain’t sexy it’s not my type

By: MK2

MK2 — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:11:22 +0000

Not really, it’s reality even if you don’t want to see it. It happened and users were banned and the feminist retard was proud and praising the bans, and as this one she linked to user profiles to ban them. I’m not including you with such feminists (unless you want to include yourself), but *TOTALITARIAN* *CONTROL-FREAK* feminists who are bent on *CENSORING* are not fairy tales even if you don’t want to admit it for one reason or other [wonder why?].

By: serena

serena — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:38:45 +0000

MK2, I do understand what you are saying, even if it seems like I might not. Censoring of any type is wrong. But what Jen was commenting on–what many people have noticed and commented on–is the troublingly misogynistic bent of internet forums and the wish and hope that it would change. Jen never demands in her post that such commenters be excommunicated or deleted, or even that their comments be moderated. In fact she does boycott those users, in a manner of speaking, by employing what she calls the “Motrin Moms” effect.
Shock value words like “totalitarian,” “control,” and “censor” have no place here. Neither she, nor I, nor any of the other commenters bemoaning Digg’s sexism used them. So please, leave them out of your argument- it just makes you seem uninformed and willing to cater to the lowest common denominator to prove your (nonexistent) point.

By: MK2

MK2 — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:54:54 +0000

@serena
Uh Controlling other people speech and censoring it is NOT respect.
It’s disgusting self-centered totalitarian thinking.

You can:
- Boycott the site.
- Build your own website.
- Participate and post your opinions and talk others through your posts.

You can’t:
- Force other people opinions.
- Censor other people *speeches* by force.

But some can’t accept that, what they want is to FORCE opinions and CENSOR speech. Face it; Such feminists are fascist militant control-freaks who don’t like to hear but their voice and will ALWAYS try to FORCE others. I hope you are not of this type as they are truly DISGUSTING.

By: serena

serena — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:02:32 +0000

Aw that’s cute, Elidet! You’re pretending to be a commenter named “Rosie”! Maybe you’ll fool all those sissy girls who aren’t familiar with cracked.com. Because, you know, feminazi’s never have a sense of humor, am I right?

By: rosie

rosie — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:30:50 +0000

Elidet is a girl, she has a right to say if she thinks digg is sexist or not. She is, after all, a girl who uses digg. Jen is not a frequent user. She’s a moron.

By: rosie

rosie — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:29:35 +0000

@Dave
Sexist! ha ha just kidding,Dave. I’m a girl on digg and I agree with you. If you were on digg, I’d digg ya up. I don’t think Jen understands what digg is. She thinks equal treatment means SPECIAL treatment. That’s not the attitude feminist had in mind. Or a list promoting Sex and the fucken City.