I didn't see you addressing the actual point I raised, which was that Techmeme looks for certain topics, covered from a certain stance. Just like Encyclopaedia Britannica demands articles inhabiting the Classic Stance[1], Techmeme demands its own stance.
But saying this is a gender problem is like saying that because doctors are more likely male than nurses are, and get paid more than nurses, we should have fewer doctors and more nurses.
The data shows that Techmeme's choices of topics and perspectives result in an overwhelming majority of stories by guys even in situations when more women than men are writing about it. Why don't you see that as a gender bias?
I don't know the data on Britannica authors. If there are more guys then women, then there's gender bias, and Classic Stance may or may not be a contributor. But in any case, I don't see what that has to do with Techmeme situation. Ditto with whether or not there's gender bias in the medical profession.
I understood it exactly as khafra did. I suppose we are confused about this line (which khafra was referring to):
TechMeme’s technology is a natural for filter blogs, so it’s unsurprising that this leads to underrepresentation of women and youth.
This quote makes it sound like women and children write more personal and knowledge stuff, which TechMeme naturally overlooks. Further, it straight up says that this tendency is "unsurprising".
So we are wondering what this has to do with gender bias or why it's surprising that a technology would miss things that it is designed to miss.
But you said he was not reading the summary correctly, so obviously something is not clear here.
But saying this is a gender problem is like saying that because doctors are more likely male than nurses are, and get paid more than nurses, we should have fewer doctors and more nurses.
[1] http://classicprose.com/csx.html