When you listen to The Verge's podcast and they're legitimately saying Mastodon is a "no girls allowed" club? And we don't want Facebook here because Instagram will bring women here?!

What the fuck is wrong with these American tech pundits? Mastodon is the gayest, transest, most feminine social network I've ever seen. There are so many more outspoken, smart, odd, and downright weird women here than I've ever seen on any other social network. It's fucking great.

@thomholwerda i hate that i *instantly* thought "oh, so they think it's too technical and difficult for women to understand" and that there's probably a decent chance that i was correct to think that 

@nuz @thomholwerda It was a weird show to listen to. If it had been a complete Fediverse hate-fest I'd just have turned it off right then and there, but there was just enough relevant information there to make me stay, and then there were a lot of that garbage sprinkled on top.

I kept thinking to myself when those things were brought up that "surely someone else will point out how ridiculous that statement is?", but it never happened. It was like they had a stated rule to never disagree with another panelist.