thisistheverge: Study: App.net, Medium, and Svbtle users are overwhelmingly white and male Silicon Valley isn’t known for diversity, so it’s perhaps not terrifically surprising to find that many of its newest, most hyped products, such as App.net, Medium, and Svbtle, are also populated at the early adopter phase by a high proportion of white men. And yes, that is exactly what the numbers, just run by Buzzfeed FWD, have found: and they are even starker than you’d probably imagine. One of the many reasons I no longer call San Francisco my base of operations is the lack of diversity. It’s not so much the whiteness, as the lack of cross connections across social scenes. In NYC, and other, more diverse cities, you’ll attend a party and meet artists, journalism professors, folks from the financial sector, musicians, historians, fashionistas, foodies, and theater people. In SF? Tech, tech, tech, PR, tech, tech, PR, media, tech, tech, tech… Related articles If You’ve Really Run Out of White Dudes, Check These Sites (betabeat.com)

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Study: App.net, Medium, and Svbtle users are overwhelmingly white and male

Silicon Valley isn’t known for diversity, so it’s perhaps not terrifically surprising to find that many of its newest, most hyped products, such as App.net, Medium, and Svbtle, are also populated at the early adopter phase by a high proportion of white men. And yes, that is exactly what the numbers, just run by Buzzfeed FWD, have found: and they are even starker than you’d probably imagine.

One of the many reasons I no longer call San Francisco my base of operations is the lack of diversity. It’s not so much the whiteness, as the lack of cross connections across social scenes. In NYC, and other, more diverse cities, you’ll attend a party and meet artists, journalism professors, folks from the financial sector, musicians, historians, fashionistas, foodies, and theater people. In SF? Tech, tech, tech, PR, tech, tech, PR, media, tech, tech, tech…

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