CEO of Block Party, Tracy Chou, is resentful that "tech people" have migrated away from Twitter and are now using Mastodon.
She doesn't want to spend time here but she must because so much important stuff pertaining to her job gets discussed here—not on Twitter.
The network effect of the Fediverse is working!
@teleclimber @atomicpoet Kinda wild in missing the big picture, but probably not surprising she has this outlook because her entire business is based on people using Twitter.
A shift away from Twitter kinda obliterates her entire business, and clearly she's in the denial phase of grief over it.
@jesseplusplus Yeah, I agree. It's a really short-sighted view to have, but after taking a look at her LinkedIn.... I definitely get why she probably thinks the way she does.
She's neck deep in NYC tech hustle culture. I might be reading into it based on my own experiences with tech in NYC, but what I read into that tweet is a woman who just smacked her face straight into burnout because she has to learn a new platform (Mastodon/Fediverse) AND keep up with one she doesn't like (LinkedIn) because the industry is in state of pivot in a direction she wouldn't prefer.
I don't blame her for feeling how she feels, but I do think she's incredibly steeped in the ivy league to tech rockstar pipeline, and if she has the financial means to do so I'd definitely advise her to take a step back from all of it for awhile.
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