On: Women: Learn to Program This Summer

[ericsoderstrom]

> Some of the comments in this thread is a master class of how discrimination and gatekeeping work

All the top comments I see are supportive and encouraging. Maybe there were some negative removed comments, but overall this thread doesn't seem to demonstrate gatekeeping and discrimination.

[djsumdog → ericsoderstrom]

Enabled flagged/dead in your options. I think it's pretty valuable to see the way moderators are shaping the conversation.

[coolreader18 → djsumdog]

Isn't it a common misconception that flagged/dead comments are because of moderators? Dead comments happen automatically if enough people flag it[0].

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12173836

[dang → djsumdog]

Moderators aren't doing that, other than by having banned accounts in the past, which makes future comments [dead]. Users are doing the rest.

I think we might have banned a couple of accounts in this thread, but there would be a comment there clearly saying so.