Couldn’t have said it better. It scares me that this is something that is not being discussed as much within tech circles. We are taking multiple steps back and barely have any allies in this industry.

Having this internal battle myself. It just does not feel the same. I don’t feel like putting effort into talking about tech stuff when that app might as well end up like X.

Same. It’s like muscle memory at this point.

The inability to see women and other underrepresented individuals as human beings, and the refusal to acknowledge their lived struggles, can only push a person into a deeper level of darkness. A sane and well-socialized individual would never rejoice at something like this.

Aside from the usual claims of female coworkers being mere “unskilled diversity hires”, there’s a common trend of “300k TC, big tech, no gf”, “Successful but sad and lonely.” Do the men in tech rejoicing in this decision not realize that they are further pushing themselves into a hole of loneliness?

I would like to continue educational tech content. With DIE under attack and questionable tech ethics all over, it feels more urgent than ever. But where do we go? Bluesky/Substack feel like tolerable replacements to Twitter. But what about short-form video content…?

I will still pop in as it is useful for world news/pop culture at times, but will try to limit my usage to 5 minutes per day. Did not realize the effect that it has on my mood until I had a frame of reference.