Fine, I'll spell it out: MySpace, LiveJournal, and NeoPets were able to teach kids—all kids, yes, but, and this is very important, largely girls—how to code because the coding education happened incidentally, outside the pipelines where people are told what they can and can't do.
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I wouldn't not
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Many girls and women learned HTML because of MySpace. I recall trying out FB back then & finding it rigid & hyper-controlled in comparison. (Time has borne out the accuracy of this perception.) Also, Tom. No social media channel compares, now, to MS's sensibility.
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I suggest you check out what the devs are doing with
@holochain and@metacurrency — they are creating a feminine internet — and have a vision 50 yrs ahead of its time :)1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
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Thanks. I will definitely check those out. To be honest, blockchain and cryptocurrency don't have a good public image for being friendly to women--the opposite--so if women are using these to create better things, I'm excited to find out more.
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I'm hoping there are women founders here, or more than token women on the team (i.e. not just doing UX/UI). A different "philosophy of internet" could disrupt things in a lot of positive ways.
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@fer_ananda is founder of @metacurrency and raised the first funds for @h_o_l_o and @holochain -- @NurtureGirl authored the book Cultivating flows as part of this philosophy. They are creating the #hApps ecosystem
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