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"Remember how Google+ had significant uptake in the rich white tech dude demographic? Not a coincidence." The founders of Twitter and Facebook are mostly rich
by Torgo 12y ago
"Remember how Google+ had significant uptake in the rich white tech dude demographic? Not a coincidence."
The founders of Twitter and Facebook are mostly rich white dudes and don't seem to be having this problem.
- nostrademons 12y agoTwitter and Facebook also had significant uptake first in the rich white tech dude demographic (or in Facebook's case, the rich white college student demographic). It's just that they later grew to encompass...everyone. For that matter, look at the social networks that have flourished abroad: Orkut (developed by a Turkish engineer) and WhatsApp (developed by a Ukrainian). So there may be something to this...
- yummyfajitas 12y agoOrkut (developed by a Turkish engineer)... ...and wildly popular in Brazil and Iran. WhatsApp (developed by a Ukrainian) ...and wildly popular in India, South Africa and Egypt. Looks like white dudes of assorted nationalities are actually pretty good at building apps used by men and women of totally different nationalities. Maybe the white/asian guys at google can actually do a good job - they certainly have so far...
- hindsightbias 12y agoPerhaps it would be worth looking at who Naomi Gleit's peers would be at Google+ and Twitter.