In a poll on hexbear (see link), it was observed that there are very few cis women on Lemmy. I think this is the intersection of several problems:
- engagement of women on Reddit was always low
- fewer women in computer science
- Iโm hesitant to recommend anything fediversy to people who donโt tinker with computers like I do and thus might need a more handholdy UX.
I gather that transgender people tend to be more into CS, though I donโt see why that explains entirely such an astonishing presence of the transgender community on Hexbear.
Anyway, I just thought Iโd open the floor to brainstorming.
Whatโs the weird thing with open source communityโs fixation on sex or gender identity?
I like to believe we can reach a world where those things donโt matter anymore. But Iโm just pointing out that right now thereโs deficit of AFAB people here. Iโm not saying itโs necessarily the fault of the open source community, but I would like to understand why exactly this has occurred. Is that wrong?
