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Was it okay to let Titstare present at TC Disrupt?
- pedalpete 13y agoThe real shame to me, is that a 9-year old girl presented, it was mentioned in this article, and I can't find a single link anywhere to what it is she presented. We should be promoting her and getting her to the top rank on HN rather than these guys who built useless apps that, though I don't find offensive, are completely beyond useless and uninteresting. Tech reporting needs more than just shock-value. How do we reverse this trend?
- richardjordan 13y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6352061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6352061 As nobody else had submitted it that's what she presented. And yes, I'm the proud Dad so maybe a little biased.
- elaineo 13y agoThanks so much for posting that link! Alex is indeed awesome, and you are a fantastic dad for exposing her to these opportunities. Congratulations on a job well done to both of you.
- elaineo 13y agoI do agree that the 9-year old girl should be getting more visibility than those other 2 guys, and I think that she will. But at the same time, the idea here is that we want to more individuals like her to join the startup community. The current environment is hostile to women and children, as evidenced by the mother's onsite tweet. Therefore raising attention to these issues makes it more likely that the problem will be addressed in the future.
- richardjordan 13y agoNot really, not if we want women to feel they're welcome and safe in the tech community. That being said the guy simulating masturbation on stage was worse. Of course I'm a little ticked off more than most because my daughter presented fabulously, brought the house down, and now her name is dragged through articles forever about this sort of childish bullshit.
- kvee 13y agoI don't know all the details, and I haven't watched the videos, but something about these reactions reeks of "What You Can't Say" http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html