# Addressing gender balance in online communities

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/addressing-gender-balance-in-online-communities/74917
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [28.Ноябрь.2017 03:40:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/addressing-gender-balance-in-online-communities/74917 "2017-11-28T03:40:00Z")
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### Author: ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [28.Ноябрь.2017 04:10:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/addressing-gender-balance-in-online-communities/74917/7 "2017-11-28T04:10:56Z")

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> [@HAWK](#):
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> I’ve managed 6 communities over the last 10 years

I’ve only managed one for the last Year and a Half, I don’t have much experience like You So I won’t stretch that further. I agree to You that **I may be doing it wrong.**

> [@HAWK](#):
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> Doesn’t a username do this?

but if Your forum has usernames like simpson, fatherofsimposon, brotherofsimpson, friendofsimpson, they all turn very generic and confusing.

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