@0xabad1dea Humans are no better given text-only communication. There was a period of the internet briefly when gender actually didn't matter much, because there wasn't the capacity for affordable voice or video. Women would still get plenty of abuse if people knew, but unless they outright stated it few would guess they were talking to a woman.

These days you're not going to get social-media-popular unless you give plenty of photos and video. Text alone doesn't generate the same empathy.