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Re: Leap Spins out of YC

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Post by ForrestN »

sctb wrote: post #29
ForrestN wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Woah! Even after so long on HN, I'm surprised by multiple downvotes for even a question that merely implies an interest in inclusivity for non-cis people.

There is little that can be gleaned from voting, especially early on. It's just plain noisy and you don't know what someone is objecting to. > Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Agree to disagree in this case, wherein I believe two or more people's gestures do communicate something real regardless of the eventual balancing out. Thanks for the reminder.

Re: Leap Spins out of YC

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Post by adeora »

Alex3917 wrote: post #15

The literary typeface for a UGC site is a bold design choice. On its own it suggests static content and lack of community, but then that's balanced by all the social flair on the AMA cards so I think it works. But very tricky to pull off. :-) It's interesting in general that the design language for signaling "for women" (and "exclusive") is so incongruous with the design language of UGC.

What does "UGC" mean?

Re: Leap Spins out of YC

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Post by lucisferre »

ForrestN wrote: post #28
ForrestN wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Congratulations! Do you have a policy regarding non-binary or genderqueer people? And are there any steps you're planning to take to keep your community free of TERF transphobia? I'm curious about building a gender-based community in 2019.

Woah! Even after so long on HN, I'm surprised by multiple downvotes for even a question that merely implies an interest in inclusivity for non-cis people.

It could be your use of the term TERF which is pretty loaded and has been associated with calls for violence against women.

Re: Leap Spins out of YC

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Post by bronson »

adeora wrote: post #32
Alex3917 wrote: post #15

The literary typeface for a UGC site is a bold design choice. On its own it suggests static content and lack of community, but then that's balanced by all the social flair on the AMA cards so I think it works. But very tricky to pull off. :-) It's interesting in general that the design language for signaling "for women" (and "exclusive") is so incongruous with the design language of UGC.

What does "UGC" mean?

User Generated Content

Re: Leap Spins out of YC

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Post by kl2931 »

telesilla wrote: post #25

This looks wonderful but it requires a LinkedIn profile - I'm not on any social media so it means, I don't get to join?

You can definitely join - you can put in your website, or anything other link that we can verify your identity. Let us know if you run into any trouble hi@elpha.com

Re: Leap Spins out of YC

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Post by kl2931 »

efm wrote: post #27
cbcowans wrote: post #2

Hi! Leap is spinning out of YC today as an independent company called Elpha. I'm the CEO and Co-Founder of Elpha and am here to answer questions. Thanks!!

I attempted to sign up a long time ago, when the only authentication was through FB, which I don't have. So, the email address is in your system but I'm not a member. I cannot sign in or up. Is this something you can fix? I would contact you directly for support.

Yes, please email us hi@elpha.com!

Re: Leap Spins out of YC

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Post by cbcowans »

stonogo wrote: post #23
kl2931 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you! And yes, many of our members are based outside of the US, and we'd love to have more international members to broaden the perspective and discussion topics. And we're a for-profit company. :)

This looks to be a really great resource. I'm curious to know what your business plan is; I'm very interested in how to make a community platform like this sustainable without compromising user privacy. This is especially important when the community is focused on disadvantaged or minority groups, and I'm always on the lookout for the Right Answer. Have you written on this topic before?

Really good point and question! We don't have all the answers and it's something we're actively thinking about. Our goal is to focus on providing access and opportunities and use that as our guiding light. I think especially as members of those underrepresented groups, it makes it a bit easier to reason about what kind of products members will feel comfortable with. We are building for ourselves after all!

Re: Leap Spins out of YC

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Post by sudosteph »

ForrestN wrote: post #26
cbcowans wrote: post #2

Hi! Leap is spinning out of YC today as an independent company called Elpha. I'm the CEO and Co-Founder of Elpha and am here to answer questions. Thanks!!

Congratulations! Do you have a policy regarding non-binary or genderqueer people? And are there any steps you're planning to take to keep your community free of TERF transphobia? I'm curious about building a gender-based community in 2019.

I've used leap for a while and have seen multiple posts from people wanting to learn how to be more inclusive towards trans people, but absolutely nothing that appears to push any sort of transphobia. Remember this is a forum for professionals. Every professional knows that preaching homophobia, racism, transphobia or whatever is wildly inappropriate and uncivil behavior.

I suppose it's something that would get addressed if a problem arises. But for now, why bother creating a whole plan to solve a problem that doesn't actually exist?

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