[nodesocket]

This was posted yesterday, and I flagged it then, and I'm flagging it now. TechCrunch has a reputation of writing opinion stories without doing the proper research or due diligence. With their reputation in mind, I'm going to say this is false news, without sources and confirmations.

Don't believe me? See TechCrunch absurdities written by Megan Rose Dickey who is a self proclaimed reporter at TechCrunch focused on diversity, inclusion and social justice. How she still has a job is beyond me. If this were the other way around, a white male writing like she does he would be blasted as a sexist, and racist and socially shamed into oblivion.

- Dear White People, You Suck At Diversity (https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/13/dear-white-people-you-suck...)

- Twitter doesn’t have quite as many white employees as it did last year (https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/19/twitter-doesnt-have-quite-...)

- GitHub’s diversity is just as bad as the rest of Silicon Valley’s (https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/26/githubs-diversity-is-just-...)

[eridius]

You just said she's a reporter who's focused on diversity, and the 3 headlines you quoted look like they're focused on diversity. Without having read the articles, just reading your comment, it kind of looks like she's actually doing her job.

[true_religion]

Oh she writes articles alright---terrible poorly researched articles that aim only to light fires under people, and draw numerous eyeballs to Techcrunch.

At this rate, she'll never be fired.

[eridius]

Lighting fires under people about diversity issues actually sounds like something we sorely need.

[taasda12sd]

What diversity problems?

[nodesocket]

Fully expect to be downvoted, but that's an absurd topic to have at TechCrunch. She's just feeding the constant outrage machine.

[grzm]

The guidelines explicitly ask not to comment on flagging (as you did above) or downvotes. Feel free to express your opinion on TechCrunch or the aforementioned author in a civil and substantive manner (perhaps taking extra care if you're worried you may be downvoted), but follow the guidelines. You're likely to get downvoted for that alone, rather than for the comment itself.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[GavinMcG]

Maybe you're not TechCrunch's intended audience? You sound like you'd be happier reading other things.

[hiddencost]

For folks interested in some actual reading material so they can understand an incredibly complex topic, I like pointing folks to "The New Jim Crow".

The parent is a troll. Your time is better spent educating yourself than educating the parent.