Was it okay to let Titstare present at TC Disrupt?

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4 points·elaineo··5 comments

I don't know all the details, and I haven't watched the videos, but something about these reactions reeks of "What You Can't Say"

http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html

The real shame to me, is that a 9-year old girl presented, it was mentioned in this article, and I can't find a single link anywhere to what it is she presented.

We should be promoting her and getting her to the top rank on HN rather than these guys who built useless apps that, though I don't find offensive, are completely beyond useless and uninteresting. Tech reporting needs more than just shock-value. How do we reverse this trend?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6352061

As nobody else had submitted it that's what she presented. And yes, I'm the proud Dad so maybe a little biased.

Thanks so much for posting that link! Alex is indeed awesome, and you are a fantastic dad for exposing her to these opportunities. Congratulations on a job well done to both of you.

I do agree that the 9-year old girl should be getting more visibility than those other 2 guys, and I think that she will.

But at the same time, the idea here is that we want to more individuals like her to join the startup community. The current environment is hostile to women and children, as evidenced by the mother's onsite tweet. Therefore raising attention to these issues makes it more likely that the problem will be addressed in the future.

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