On: Uber vs. Lyft: From The Driver’s Seat

[krschultz → username223]

Example #6,231 of how a woman on HN randomly gets harassed for absolutely nothing other than the fact that their username indicates they are female.

[zorpner → username223]

What was the specific reason that you repeated their username back to them in your comment with words and capitalization modified?

[username223 → zorpner]

> What was the specific reason that you repeated their username back to them in your comment with words and capitalization modified?

Because his/her/its username was designed to call attention to being female and involved with movies. If I chose the username "whitenerdyguy" (which I am), I would expect some flack about it.