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I enjoy the website design - it's nice to see people keeping the Web 1.0 feeling alive, focusing on creativity, unafraid to use cool animations, etc. I'm not s

I enjoy the website design - it's nice to see people keeping the Web 1.0 feeling alive, focusing on creativity, unafraid to use cool animations, etc. I'm not sure I fully get the point of this entry though. It sounds like the author is becoming overly self critical and reflective. Just make what you want, share it, and have fun. That's what I've finally gotten around to doing on my personal websites (in my bio). And what's supposed to be the point of the racial comments? They're not productive, only inflammatory. They make me feel unwelcome on the website for being a "pale male" as the author puts it; maybe that's the point. It's disheartening because a beauty of the web, as eloquently put in the Hacker's Manifesto, is that "We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias" on here. Yes, you have "as much right to speak on the topic as this fellow", as we all do. Let's try to all be in this together to make a better world instead of dividing ourselves.

DangitBobby 4y ago
I think they were expressing their own insecurities surrounding being white and male and wanting to be creative despite maybe being "under-qualified". Having "yet another mediocre white man" perspective. In short, made anxious by racism and sexism targeted towards them.
- jimmaswell 4y ago
  The author's a woman: https://maya.land/who/ https://maya.land/who/ I love the website but I hate the trend of using "white males" as a punching bag.
  - foobarbecue 4y ago
    The author is pointing out the "boy's club" nature of certain parts of the internet. Seems like valid criticism to me (I'm a white male). I don't mind being stereotyped occasionally for a good cause. I find the "Karen" stereotype more concerning considering it impacts such a small minority (people named Karen... the ones in my life don't fit the bill).
  - _kulang 4y ago
    It’s a comment on the salient “voice” of the internet and a self-reflection on pressure to co-opt that voice. The fact is that early internet and large internet companies are dominated by the views and values of white American males. As to whether this is a point worth discussion, that’s up to you. I wouldn’t think the worst of it though. I don’t think this post is more than a (perhaps flawed) commentary on a personal insecurity. The fact the white male voice matters to them is incidental
    - benj111 4y ago
      It's a fact that early hip-hop is dominated by black people. If you made the same kind of comment in relation to that, would that not be deemed racist? Not that I think it is racist, I would prefer equality of standards though. Unfortunately currently one is deemed acceptable and the other not so much.
      - foobarbecue 4y ago
        If you said that gangsta rap's origins are in Black thug hood culture, I think most people would find that just as acceptable, if not more acceptable, than saying the early internet was pale and male.
        DontchaKnowit 4y ago
        You couldnt say that shit if you were white without everyone getting their pitchforks out
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DangitBobby 4y ago

I think they were expressing their own insecurities surrounding being white and male and wanting to be creative despite maybe being "under-qualified". Having "yet another mediocre white man" perspective. In short, made anxious by racism and sexism targeted towards them.

jimmaswell 4y ago
The author's a woman: https://maya.land/who/ https://maya.land/who/ I love the website but I hate the trend of using "white males" as a punching bag.
- foobarbecue 4y ago
  The author is pointing out the "boy's club" nature of certain parts of the internet. Seems like valid criticism to me (I'm a white male). I don't mind being stereotyped occasionally for a good cause. I find the "Karen" stereotype more concerning considering it impacts such a small minority (people named Karen... the ones in my life don't fit the bill).
- _kulang 4y ago
  It’s a comment on the salient “voice” of the internet and a self-reflection on pressure to co-opt that voice. The fact is that early internet and large internet companies are dominated by the views and values of white American males. As to whether this is a point worth discussion, that’s up to you. I wouldn’t think the worst of it though. I don’t think this post is more than a (perhaps flawed) commentary on a personal insecurity. The fact the white male voice matters to them is incidental
  - benj111 4y ago
    It's a fact that early hip-hop is dominated by black people. If you made the same kind of comment in relation to that, would that not be deemed racist? Not that I think it is racist, I would prefer equality of standards though. Unfortunately currently one is deemed acceptable and the other not so much.
    - foobarbecue 4y ago
      If you said that gangsta rap's origins are in Black thug hood culture, I think most people would find that just as acceptable, if not more acceptable, than saying the early internet was pale and male.
      - DontchaKnowit 4y ago
        You couldnt say that shit if you were white without everyone getting their pitchforks out
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