[csuper]

I don't know - I think it is interesting. I would have thought that it would be easier for a woman to be successful writing on the internet. I guess I based that on 'sex sells'. It does seem that profiles on social sites with photos of pretty girls get more attention...

[arien]

But sometimes you want the right kind of attention. People who look at your content, not the wrapping around it.

[Ixiaus]

This article has nothing to do with the general content of hacker news. This is an article about the social status of women and how they overcome it, more political than anything else.

I would rather see articles about successful women leading innovative companies, doing innovative research, or saying intelligent things that don't hide behind "male" pen names.

I think intelligent female hackers actually get a lot of respect from fellow male hackers and this would be more on-topic if it pertained to hacker culture.

This article gives women more reason to hide behind a facade then it does to actually inspire them!

[sundarurfriend]

Since when is expressing genuine opinion mercilessly downvoted here?

[Tichy]

I don't think this was about success of her blog, it was about getting writing contracts. Although she might have mixed up things a little in the story to make it a better read (like in the end, suddenly there is this mystery top blogger who recommends her blog as one of the top 10 reads - might have distorted the outcome of her names experiment a little).