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AMA I’m the only girl that works on stacker news

3485 sats \ 57 comments \ @plebpoet 19h mostly_harmless

It’s my birthday this week, and I want to give you a reason to ask me questions. Because I think it will be fun to read and to interact. And because I missed out on meeting stackers by not going to tabconf.

Also, I think I’m the only girl that works on SN, but I could be wrong. I would love to be wrong.

I came to SN in 2022 when I met @k00b at pleb lab. SN was something @Car talked about around the lab with excitement and energy - and the vibes were 10x more powerful at the time - so I posted a link to an article I wrote. #92827

Then I got sats for sharing it. At the top of the page, a bright number appeared. A balance. A sack of coins to spend at the slots. And instantly I thought oh I like this game.

I went to pleb lab later. Saw @k00b and mentioned posting the article. Shoutout to @k00b who said the most encouraging and engaging thing he could have said in that moment. (I don’t remember exactly what he said but it brought the realization that people read lengthy posts on SN and quality writing is sought out.)

So pretty much from then on I’ve been trying the experiment of posting to stacker news. It’s really fun and it hardly makes me anxious at all. (I used to be very anxious. And I think I notice this to be a trend among people who work on SN jk jk lol.)

If you look at my index of posts on my bio, you’ll see the different things I’ve tried to get people to give me their sats. It’s definitely not an experiment that is concerned with optimization or maxing engagement or efficiency of words. It’s not even an attempt at news. But if stacker news is a great big ball of dough, I think I have worked and stretched it out one post at a time. I think I have been part of an effort to expand SN’s boundary.

And I really love doing it.

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So, have questions?

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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinHandsOn 9h

You're not quite the only one! But yes, there aren't not many of us.

And actually I created this login to occasionally talk about my book Bitcoin Hands On (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F4SZSCH8), it's not my main account.

50 sats \ 6 replies \ @DarthCoin 4h

Ohhh I missed this AMA post! I have muted this territory, for too much noise and distract me and didn't saw this post in my regular feed.

Questions:

When you heard first time about Bitcoin, did you find it hard to understand how it works ? In general, not in deep technical details.
Did you had somebody else helping you to learn more about Bitcoin or mostly you did it yourself reading documents and stuff?
Do you really think Bitcoin will win?
Do you like the Star Wars saga?

400 sats \ 5 replies \ @plebpoet OP 4h

thank you, great Qs let’s get into it

I did find it hard to understand. I had it give up a lot of flaky, misguided concepts. I have never encountered something like bitcoin, or anything that made me think critically about the monetary system.
I did have someone help me - @bitcoinplebdev is great at explaining things. I went to podcasts to learn a lot, dipped into the academic research on bitcoin but found it lacking. Then I was able to meet a lot of bitcoiners too and go to meetups and stuff like that.
Yep, completely
not particularly, but I’ve seen the movies. Should I read the books?

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 4h

Should I read the books?

Not really necessary, those are kind of separate stories, like a bit of expansion of little parts of the SW world.

I ask it more to see if you are familiar with it.

How do you find now Bitcoin? Is it still hard to understand, even new concepts that are coming almost every day?

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet OP 3h

Yeah definitely still hard to grasp at times. It sits squarely in a domain that I have no connection to. But I get to be around people arguing about the minutia of bitcoin all the time and through this I am able to get in touch with the issues at the core

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 3h

Ok here another question, non-bitcoin related. Let's make it more interesting.

Can you describe this scene in just few words / phrases ?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @plebpoet OP 2h

Oh you have stumped me. I mean it’s clearly you know, not cool

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 2h

sometimes I ask inconvenient or weird questions, just to see the reaction :) like memes

70 sats \ 4 replies \ @sox 15h

how did bitcoin and lightning and plebs welcome you?

did you have any problem integrating given the notoriously male-dominated space?

(also yawwwwn this is a boring question that is always asked to women)

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 15h

did you have any problem integrating given the notoriously male-dominated space?

related: #228283, #346782

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @sox 15h

hey thanks that’s a lot of context I missed

69 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 14h

No worries, it was before your time haha

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet OP 9h

i found the plebs to be super welcoming - and at the same time i didn't expect them to be welcoming. so i think my lack of expectation helped me see when i was welcome and when i wasn't - which helped me see where i could contribute

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @carter 7h

Do you think there are any tasks you complete better because you are the fairer sex?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet OP 6h

Hehe the dishes and the laundry for sure, noticing, appreciating and encouraging beauty and growth, yeah standard stuff

82 sats \ 1 reply \ @sox 15h

what was it like to post your first zine here?

(i was personally super excited)

142 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet OP 9h

oh it was really exciting, I felt like I had discovered the moon. (I used a bunch of astronaut imagery on that first one)

82 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 18h

How did you come up with the idea for zines?

600 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet OP 18h

I have been making zines casually since 2016. I did a workshop @ pleb lab making zines. One day k00b got inspired by a zine maker. When we talked about it, he had ideas for a hypothetical SN zine. Before, I had done a series of tweets where I described SN posts through poetic lines. Was looking for the next thing to contribute and this idea felt really aligned.

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @Sandman 13h

2022 ? 🤔🤔 you have really worked so hard cheers!! And happy birthday this week 🎈 🎂🎂

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet OP 10h

Thanks!

90 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 16h

What job did you give up in order to work at SN, and what aspects of it do you miss?

Cool thread!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet OP 9h

gave up dumb, heartless and mindless fiat bosses to have a boss that's not a boss. I was doing plant care but I was in pleb lab doing anything I could (like painting the walls). So the more i got interested in SN, the more evident the path became

I still have a plant job that's very part time which I really love. so kinda best of worlds

60 sats \ 1 reply \ @sox 15h

what about art and culture? are those subjects well represented on SN or do you think we can do more?

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet OP 9h

I have been really engaged by the amount of artists and writers who display their talents here. I think we can do more to get in front of people, and this is what i took away from the Tabconf reports.

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 14h

Is SN your full time job, like 8 hours a day?

Congrats! If you can do it today, don’t sleep on it!

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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet OP 10h

No I have a couple other jobs as well

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @sox 15h

I don’t remember exactly what he said but it brought the realization that people read lengthy posts on SN and quality writing is sought out.

Ahhhhh if you ever remember it, please tell us, your reaction to it makes me think that it can be our new motto

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @d680ecaa8e 16h

There may be other girls but they don't mention this because there will be outside discussions and you know mens doesn't differ between someone working online and a date site.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet OP 9h

yeah true and I get it and respect the decision not to reveal identity

41 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 19h

Is it awkward being amongst so many men?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet OP 19h

I don’t feel awkward. I assume it’s because I grew up with brothers.

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @plebpoet OP 9h

I notice this to be a trend among people who work on SN

I like how you guys (@ek and @sox) avoided reacting to this >D

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @sox 9h

no no, I wanted to reply on that but I was already flooding the comment section.

and it’s true

100 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 15h

Why did you post this in ~mostly_harmless instead of ~AMA? 👀

150 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet OP 10h

Because it’s not a time limit like I’m not an outsider dropping in and no one asked me to do it and I know those things are on a schedule so didnt want to f with it

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OneOneSeven 11h

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sox 15h

maybe she wanted to be mostly harmless

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 6h

What's the biggest way you want to see SN improve?

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @plebpoet OP 4h

Better memes. Be like @darthcoin when it comes to memes.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 3h

we have proof now: real life is a meme

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 15h

ok, maybe two less judgemental questions:

What’s the best birthday present you’ve ever received?

Do you have a wish list for your birthday this week?

if you write your wish list here, maybe someone who is invited will read it

I don’t think you have one though

111 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet OP 9h

such judgement smh

One time a friend surprise me with a cute stuffed pig toy. It was on my desk at the beginning of the school day. People at school hadn't really been kind that year so it was extra touching.

I had a wish and my mother granted :) I got an espresso machine and it rules