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Re: Codebabes.com : Real or Troll

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Post by meowface »

Kind of a stretch to assume that just because the owner lives in SF, "we've all been trolled".

As the article says though: I think it's pretty clear that whether it "seriously" intends to teach programming, or is just intentionally irksome to attract more attention, it's not satire or a parody (and if it was I could at least understand it to some degree).

Re: Codebabes.com : Real or Troll

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Post by ilyanep »

[deleted] wrote: post #3

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It's not the same people. From the codedicks.com website:

   Disclaimer: CodeDicks is in no way affiliated, nor condones the beliefs of CodeBabes. This is satire. None of the dudes on this site approve of sexism and would like to see people of all genders treated equally and respectfully, particularly in our industry.

Re: Codebabes.com : Real or Troll

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Post by minimaxir »

As I mentioned in the comments on the article, I hate it when startups use trolling or deliberately-shocking PR as a marketing technique. Marketers and growth-hackers justify it with "shock value works, and it's the only way to get attention when there are thousands of startups out there!", but that's not a justification, that's an excuse to compensate for a product that wouldn't otherwise speak for itself.

At the least, it's self-correcting: shock value only gives 15 minutes of fame for a startup, and then it fades away soon after.

Re: Codebabes.com : Real or Troll

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Post by Jun8 »

Wait, why should the default public position be “This is unacceptable and unwelcome here.”? As long as (i) this site is accessed in privacy, without bothering other people's sensibilities and (ii) the models are willing and well-paid (which, as the article itself states, seems to be the case), what is the problem? It's clearly one dumb-witted idea, but that doesn't make it automatically unacceptable.

If, in a porn movie, you have a guy who came in to fix her computer rather than the mythical pizza guy showing up, should SV be ashamed, because, you know, it's related to tech?

Re: Codebabes.com : Real or Troll

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Post by Rinum »

Apparently there is a http://codedudes.com coming as well. This is what is shown on that site currently:

"We've always planned on CodeDudes.com too, just thought CodeBabes would interest more people, which it did, for all the wrong reasons.

CodeBabes.com was a Rage Marketing Case Study, times 100. We're happy to provide link bait for as many people as possible.

If you were disgusted by it, we're sorry, but just wait until you see the banana hammocks we've got in store for you ;)"

Re: Codebabes.com : Real or Troll

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Post by chacham15 »

Jun8 wrote: post #7

Wait, why should the default public position be “This is unacceptable and unwelcome here.”? As long as (i) this site is accessed in privacy, without bothering other people's sensibilities and (ii) the models are willing and well-paid (which, as the article itself states, seems to be the case), what is the problem? It's clearly one dumb-witted idea, but that doesn't make it automatically unacceptable. If, in a porn mo…

Its a good question. Imagine if the situation were slightly different. Imagine if, like porn, this site became mainstream. Then, if a girl would want to learn about CS this would be the place to go. Consequently, she would be subject to all of the objectification of women that this site puts forth. That is definitely a bad thing.

If there were a competitor which didnt have that aspect and people were split: men would go to this one and girls to the other, it creates a division between the genders. The situation then would be eerily similar to the idea of "separate but equal" and we all know how poorly that turned out in the past.

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