[whymauri]

The statement is the most interesting part, in my opinion:

https://xn--mp8hai.fm/statement

>In a strange way, this sort of became an anti-statement against what we’d all seen on tech Twitter. We’re a diverse, ragtag group of young technologists tired of the status quo tech industry, and thought that we could make the industry think a bit more about its actions. Despite calls-to-action like that “It’s Time to Build” essay we’ve all read, most of the industry (from product teams to VC) still stays obsessed with exclusive social apps that regularly ignore — or even silence — real needs faced by marginalized people all over the world, and exclude these folks from the building process. As an industry, we need to do better.

[perl4ever]

You've got to be part of a very insular and exclusive group to know what "tech twitter" is. Let alone these "exclusive social apps" they allude to.

[anoncareer0212]

That's the really cringy part of this, the only people who are talking about this being deep are the people who have been pumping that garbage into my timeline for the last decade

[dmix]

This has San Francisco written all over it.

[Thorentis]

Yeah, this was my thought. Silicon Valley as a whole wasn't captivated by this. Just the people that are usually caught up in "exclusive social apps" (whatever that is) making this less of a deal than it's made out to be.

[perl4ever]

Ha, downvoted for outing myself as marginalized.

[dmix]

> Despite calls-to-action like that “It’s Time to Build” essay we’ve all read

So is this 'team' building something real or offering an sustainable alternative? Being snippy on social media is an even more rampant way to do nothing while patting yourself on the back about progress.

Besides, there's rarely ever seems to be a shortage of navel gazing and satire written about Silicon Valley.

[soared]

> most of the industry (from product teams to VC) still stays obsessed with exclusive social apps that regularly ignore — or even silence — real needs faced by marginalized people all over the world, and exclude these folks from the building process. As an industry, we need to do better.

Yes? Promoting social equality imo is building something real. More real than hover cars and spaceships.

Read: real as impact on the world.

[buboard]

This is awesome, the revolt of the postmillenials

[searchableguy]

Honestly I doubt they are young kids. In the recent years, I have noticed this pattern of using young generation as the hotness to push political messages.

Example: https://www.news18.com/news/tech/mitron-not-indian-tiktok-bu...