Download PDFOpen PDF in browserTrouble in Programmer’s Paradise: Gender-Biases in Interacting on Stack OverflowEasyChair Preprint no. 59812 pages•Date: July 1, 2021AbstractThis paper examines how gender shapes participation on Stack Overflow, the world’s largest programming question-and-answer forum. I show that visible femininity negatively impacts assessments of technical expertise. Through social network analysis, I find that interaction on Stack Overflow is mediated by gender, determining whose questions get answered by whom. Keyphrases: Anonymity, gender, networks, programming, programming forum, sexism, Stack Overflow, Technology Culture
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