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Marina ๐ŸŒŠ's avatar

I want to scream this article out loud to my female network. Many many thanks for the deep insights!

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Dinah's avatar

This story was eye opening Abi. I had not considered that by keeping us isolated they were making money off us. I just knew that it hurt us.

That's why I created @Codelikeagirl. To bring together thousands of voices of women in tech and amplify them.

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Diana O.'s avatar

I'm impressed at how you take a narrative bomb, disarm it using hard data, and then show us other incredibly powerful narratives to use as a weapon ๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ.

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Soul Hacked AI Labs's avatar

Yes, it is time to take back the power we give them. I believe if women stick together, we can finally get the respect we deserve from these social media companies.

If you're a woman writing about things that matter, drop me a line.

Thank you,

Brianna

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KayStoner's avatar

Just out of curiosity, I decided to just give it a shot. Rather than changing multiple criteria of different kinds, on November 20, I simply changed my gender to male and identified as non-trans.

My stats shot up astronomically. Views went from 674 to 3769. Wow.

I noticed that my reach flattened again, so I just changed it back to female for a while, then decided to change it again to male in early December. I saw another boost from 189 to 894, although I havenโ€™t really been posting there much, so that could be one of the contributors. But stillโ€ฆ

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Rosa Zubizarreta-Ada's avatar

Thank you Abi, for sharing your brilliance...

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