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She says she’s closing it “with a heavy heart”. It sounds like she wanted to continue.

ganoushoreilly 2y ago
I could read it as either way. It could be a sadness to see it come to and end, but still having full agreement the time has come. It could also be a sadness because financial hurdles or other operation hurdles are making it near impossible. It's hard, but I get it either way.
- resource_waste 2y ago
  I had a similar thing happen to me. I did science and posted it on my blog. It helped a few million people, but I didn't monetize very hard. I hated people would call it blogspam, despite it being science and it being donation based. I switched to b2b. I'm happy there are people who use business to make the world a better place. I'm never doing that again, profit first.
- RIMR 2y ago
  You could read it that way, but she said "with sadness and devastation". You are taking some extreme liberties with your interpretation of what she's saying. The sentiment she's sharing is clearly quite negative. I don't think she's happily wrapping up her mission, I think she's going out of business and has no ability to continue her mission as she would like to.
  - mrguyorama 2y ago
    We can still view operating for 17 years to be a success. We can still view helping women in tech for 17 years to have improved the world, even if it cannot continue.
    - RIMR 2y ago
      You (a man) can feel fine about a charity that never benefited you going under? Big shocker that you don't give a shit, Mr. Guyorama. Condolences to the women in your life.
      - mikhael28 2y ago
        When you go to a funeral, it’s considered rude to personally attack someone wearing black because they aren’t visibly crying. Have some class.
    - pessimizer 2y ago
      We can consider winning one basketball game a success even when our team is disbanded after one season, but I don't know how that's relevant to whether someone is devastated about closing a group down that was meant to help women, when women still need to be helped.
autoexec 2y ago
Yeah this terrible article doesn't explain why it's shutting down and doesn't link to the source (a newsletter I guess, so maybe it's not available online) so people can find more answers, but I also go the impression that this wasn't what she wanted.

I could read it as either way. It could be a sadness to see it come to and end, but still having full agreement the time has come. It could also be a sadness because financial hurdles or other operation hurdles are making it near impossible. It's hard, but I get it either way.

resource_waste 2y ago
I had a similar thing happen to me. I did science and posted it on my blog. It helped a few million people, but I didn't monetize very hard. I hated people would call it blogspam, despite it being science and it being donation based. I switched to b2b. I'm happy there are people who use business to make the world a better place. I'm never doing that again, profit first.
RIMR 2y ago
You could read it that way, but she said "with sadness and devastation". You are taking some extreme liberties with your interpretation of what she's saying. The sentiment she's sharing is clearly quite negative. I don't think she's happily wrapping up her mission, I think she's going out of business and has no ability to continue her mission as she would like to.
- mrguyorama 2y ago
  We can still view operating for 17 years to be a success. We can still view helping women in tech for 17 years to have improved the world, even if it cannot continue.
  - RIMR 2y ago
    You (a man) can feel fine about a charity that never benefited you going under? Big shocker that you don't give a shit, Mr. Guyorama. Condolences to the women in your life.
    - mikhael28 2y ago
      When you go to a funeral, it’s considered rude to personally attack someone wearing black because they aren’t visibly crying. Have some class.
  - pessimizer 2y ago
    We can consider winning one basketball game a success even when our team is disbanded after one season, but I don't know how that's relevant to whether someone is devastated about closing a group down that was meant to help women, when women still need to be helped.

autoexec 2y ago

Yeah this terrible article doesn't explain why it's shutting down and doesn't link to the source (a newsletter I guess, so maybe it's not available online) so people can find more answers, but I also go the impression that this wasn't what she wanted.