"In fact, the core problem is the idea that somehow the site has less value or is inherently confusing because women are using it. Ask yourself these questions: Was Reddit’s rise covered by tech bloggers and journalists with aside paragraphs like: ‘If you want to know what men like, go check out Reddit!’? Did snarky bloggers make pie-charts like this one when Tumblr was growing that pointed to gender stereotypes about men? Did tech analysts write blog posts about the ‘manliness’ of any given tech startup? Did tech experts ever go out of their way to explain the appeal of a new social media site to women by stressing that it really wasn’t overtly manly? If you answered ‘no’ to all these questions, I’m not surprised."