I will reply before your comment disappears into oblivion (which it will and should):
No, no, a thousand times no, because there is nothing wrong with being a woman.
Everyone's gender, man, woman, or however they see it, is part of what makes them a human being. It makes up a part of your identity whether you're conscious of it or not.
Announcing your gender is no more "attention whoring" (itself an awful, loaded phrase) than announcing that you're a student, that you're a teenager, that you're old, that you drive a Chevelle, whatever.
That people will attack you simply for being a woman reflects wholly on them, and how awful they are as people (or possibly, to be charitable, just immature and ignorant about the world).
Your defense of that is shameful, and you should take time to reflect on your world view, because it will not serve you well as you move through life.
I think what he's saying is that on an anonymous message board, there is no reason to bring gender into the conversation other than when it's explicitly relevant. Announcing or displaying your gender(or anything else about your identity) is to depart from the concept of anonymity. It doesn't make moral or ethical sense to me, but it does make logical sense. They see identity as a cry for being "special", and there's probably some serious immaturity at play in attacking that itself. Drag you down to their level of sameness, so to speak.
Announcing your gender is no [different ]than announcing that you're a student, that you're a teenager...
But if the very definition of a "user" is around anonymity then by declaring a personal information you kind of are attempting to make the conversation about you (which I presume is contrary to the whole point of 4chan?).
I honestly don't know whether 4chan would pass the acid test of "is declaring gender indeed treated the same as declaring ones shoe size". If it did though (a big if) - I'd have a problem demonizing the behaviour. I guess that's the GP's contention?
So, is it acceptable to have a culture based around attacking (with real hostility) non-conformity to community norms? Where does one draw the line for when you can be mean to people on the internet?
My personal line comes when hostility starts leaking out of your community - but I'm happy to hear the other points of view.
> But if the very definition of a "user" is around anonymity then by declaring a personal information you kind of are attempting to make the conversation about you (which I presume is contrary to the whole point of 4chan?).
we don't see the same level of hatred around people using tripcodes.
I don't understand - can you elaborate? Googling suggests that a tripcode is essentially marking posts as being from a consistent source rather than any change to the poster themselves being annonymous?
The question is if someone started posting on there about being tall - would there be vitriol? My guess is not but I really don't know.
