**🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱** @freemo@qoto.org · Nov 05, 2022, 15:39

**🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱** @freemo@qoto.org · Nov 05, 2022, 15:39

🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

Nov 05, 2022, 15:39

For some reason during this exodus, at least as far as QOTO is concerned, I've noticed a very large portion of people coming in are women scientists. Sadly women seem to be a minority representation in STEM, so seeing this makes me happy as I think women bring a lot to STEM communities.

That said, I am left curious why... what about this exodus has more women in STEM migrating than usual.. Is musk in some way seen as more abrasive to women than he is to men?

**dyedgrey** @dyedgrey@qoto.org · 2022-11-05T22:00:48Z

dyedgrey @dyedgrey@qoto.org

@freemo Hi! I'm not a scientist, per se, but an infra software engineer. EM is just trash. He's making some pretty dumb, destructive decisions about the bird site.

Nov 05, 2022, 22:00 · · · ·

**Pete** @pete@qoto.org · Nov 06, 2022, 00:01

**Pete** @pete@qoto.org · Nov 06, 2022, 00:01

Nov 06, 2022, 00:01

Pete @pete@qoto.org

@dyedgrey @freemo If Musk drives people onto mastodon, that’s a good thing. A distributed #usenet-OG style medium is much healthier than all the endless realsoandso broadcast BS.