Vivaldi BrowserMar 8

It’s 2026, and some people still believe women don’t belong in tech. But we're here to prove them wrong. 😌

At Vivaldi, women are cofounders, sys admins, developers, QA engineers, HR, community specialists, and office managers. 🔥

If you're a woman in tech, what do you do?

#8mars #8march #internationalWomensDay

Show threadEsther Payne Mar 8

@Vivaldi

Well to blow my own trumpet:

https://www.apc.org/en/news/librecast-building-next-generation-internet-code-we-create-and-tools-we-use-can-help-or-harm

Librecast on building the next-generation internet: “The code we create and the tools we use can help or harm humanity. We write our political values into our code”

This month we speak to Esther Payne, community manager and privacy advocate at Librecast. The organisation develops free and open-source (FOSS) software to enable multicast transmitting data to groups simultaneously without depending on a centralised structure.

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Show threadVivaldi BrowserMar 9
@onepict as you should! I love your rights-based approach to your technology, and the fact that you value and help build community within tech. As a person who holds a master's in Human Rights and is currently working as a community specialist a tech company, your message truly resonated. 🙂 Have a nice week!
Show threadEsther Payne Mar 9
@Vivaldi thank you. It's nice to know a little about the person behind the account. Especially in these times 😊
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@onepict there's a thin line between managing a brand account in an authentic way, while also preserving one's right to privacy! But I get where you're coming from. Luckily this is a very safe company with a strong focus on community. (I just realized I didn't include it in my original response, but I'm a woman as well. 🙂)
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Show threadEsther Payne Mar 9

@Vivaldi You're right, and my case is different because my project @librecast is still building and we are fortunate to have received help from @NGIZero it's a very different circumstance. As I feel it's important for folks to know who's on our project. But we've also got a responsibility to be open to folks on here.

Also as a woman you have to assess how much to put out there. Especially as as you point out Vivaldi is a browser but you're posting on it's behalf.

Show threadEsther Payne Mar 9

@Vivaldi But I totally get where you're coming from.

Because for many women online in the public eye, harrassment and stalking are a sad fact of life.

https://dotart.blog/cobbles/the-silence

The silence

Whenever there's fall out in a community or a community space is less diverse, we end up with a postmortem on our community areas. Somet...

cobbles