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?

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@freemo For me, I joined the blue bird to keep up to date on local news events that mainstream media ignores (Portland protest, BLM, hurricaine recovery, etc). I also follow a ton of people who stay current on SARS-CoV2 so I can stay informed without doing any real work. (I call it intelligent laziness!). Since the muskrat is in charge, I know I may lose access to that huge list of people I follow.

Coming here, I saw lots of foreign servers in the list, many that were invitation only, and when I found one that was open and pro-fact-based science? I set up an account.

The muskrat is part of the dude-bro club. White, spoiled, entitled. He thinks he is the center of the universe. I blocked his account as soon as he took over, but AOC lives in his head rent-free. All she has to do is raise an eyebrow at him and he has a meltdown. He can't handle competent women challenging his delusions of grandeur.

As far as why more women are migrating? Minorities are more in tune to the changing winds. I'm certain that any person of color can read a room faster than I can; it has been necessary for their survival and mental health. White women like me have only had to deal with the white dude-brows. But every woman on the planet has experience with Creepy Dudes. We have no time or patience for it.

I'm still on blue bird for now, but unless the rat turns things around fast, it isn't going to be worth my time. I'll stick around to watch the show, but for information, I'm scrambling to build a list of people to follow here so I am informed.

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