Speaking from a generation that got started in computers with SimCity 2000, Wing Commander 1, Doom, etc., my idea of the software subculture was a kind of benign but firm indifference --maybe even a bit of disdain--towards "masculine energy"... that was for the jocks. Then when I got a modem, "on the internet nobody knows you're a dog."
Obviously it's been a long time since those days, and even some communities I really liked were not necessarily welcoming to, er, "feminine energy"... But still, to me the phrase "masculine energy" suggests a bunch of bullying outsiders coming ruin my hobby somehow.
Speaking from a generation that got started in computers with SimCity 2000, Wing Commander 1, Doom, etc., my idea of the software subculture was a kind of benign but firm indifference --maybe even a bit of disdain--towards "masculine energy"... that was for the jocks. Then when I got a modem, "on the internet nobody knows you're a dog."
Obviously it's been a long time since those days, and even some communities I really liked were not necessarily welcoming to, er, "feminine energy"... But still, to me the phrase "masculine energy" suggests a bunch of bullying outsiders coming ruin my hobby somehow.
I'm sure the women who work at Meta have ideas worh hearing/reading on this topic.