Today, like all days recently, the first thing I do is head into the Dash Nation slack to find out what’s been happening.
I checked into the Women of Dash channel and Tao of Satoshi had tagged me in a new post about a video by this person named Girl Gone Crypto. She has just started to vlog about cryptocurrencies and I have to admit, my first thought was, OMG:
Cryptocurrency is about to go mainstream.
As I filtered through the various comments on her latest video (which has now been taken down), with random dudes trying to convince Girl Gone Crypto to take off her clothes and perform in front of sexcams for Bitcoin, I was struck again by the reality that it’s still SUPER RARE to find a young woman speaking about her cryptocurrency journeys. It’s my belief that this will change and pretty soon, too. Before I blather on about other things swarming around in my head, see the Girl Gone Crypto for yourself.
You’ll probably feel inspired to make your own video after seeing hers:
I can’t help but feel a lot of empathy for those young girls about to enter this space online. No wonder women have been hesitant so far to vlog about cryptocurrency. Only the bravest ones will venture into it. Me, well, I’m more like a Crypto Mama, a highly unfu*kable writer-artist, so I don’t worry about all the loser trolls and black-hearted assholes that I might come across online. Actually, I’ve already come across them in Steemit. They tried to bring me down, insult and doxx me simply because I am female. They did doxx me, in fact. But in the end, they lost and they slithered back into their miserable hate-filled cages, disappearing into their physical voids.
Hatred always loses except when it doesn't
I’ve been through enough shit already, enough for several lifetimes, so a few fu*ktard losers online can’t really touch me. I’ve had a YouTube channel since 2008 so I’ve heard it all before.
This brings me to my next issue: I also saw different people all vying to get Girl Gone Crypto into their particular coin. She politely declined becoming committed to Dash or any other coin because she stated:
I still have a lot more to learn before i commit to anything. thank you for your kind words ! :) -Girl Gone Crypto
For anyone interested in how to form a successful social movement, pay attention……
You don’t ask someone to come for dinner the second you meet them. The entire world operates on relationships and the slow building of them. Asking someone to join your club before getting to know them won’t really work out too well. Your results will be mediocre at best.
The way to really get things moving in a good direction is to support other people’s work you admire, share their ideas, ask them real questions, complement them, offer them a way to get to know you and your community better. Being friendly in a detached way will get you to the moon. Being like a puppy dog and hounding people the second you meet them only works with certain extroverted personalities. Shy people have a knee-jerk reaction to it. It’s not the most effective way. I know because I’ve been failing at this for years, making these puppy dog mistakes. Being detached and not in need of anything is the best way. People can sense desperation! Be cool, and watch how people will start to fall at your feet.
This is the scenario you want to cultivate. No one likes a desperate person.
Anyway, it doesn’t matter if Girl Gone Crypto decides eventually to work for the a particular coin community or not. I am simply excited to find another young woman who is spreading her love and joy of cryptocurrencies to the YouTube world. In her short time, she has been uber successful so far, way more successful than me. The number of views her videos have is astounding. She would be smart to continue making YouTube videos and sharing this bright new world of digital currencies with a brand new audience. She will likely inspire many more people in the near future to make YouTube videos about Dash, ETH and BTC and take their crypto journey to the next level.
Feel free to join us in the Dash Nation slack: https://dash-nation-invite.herokuapp.com/ We have our own channel, Women of Dash, which is place women can feel comfortable in. We don't tolerate any loser trolls. We are one of the few cryptocurrency communities that is tolerant and accepting of other digital coins and projects. Our philosophy basically boils down to this:
We are all stronger together. Picking fights is child’s play. We like to play, but not with each other’s frailties.
I was geniunely happy to find her video and I made my own shoutout video to Girl Gone Crypto:
SAD UPDATE:
I had written this article before Girl Gone Crypto decided to make two of her videos private because of the hate, sexual harassment and negative energy from the crypto boy fucktards. It's a sad day for me personally, because the loser men who find pleasure in harassing women have won.......again. They have successfully scared off another woman from YouTube. And if any of you attack her and say she can't handle it, I'm going to smack you. It's not fun realizing that there are entire packs of fucked up guys just waiting to pounce onto your next video. It's a disturbing scenario. It's one of the biggest reasons the crypto space hasn't gone mainstream. It sucks. The statement above, "Hatred Always Loses" is not accurate. Hatred prevents progress is more accurate. I feel sick right now.
Girl Gone Crypto represents all of us who have decided to get out on the internet, but who find the experience so toxic that it's like, "No thanks, I'll pass." Anyone who is confused about what it's like to be a woman on the internet, here's your example. This happens everyday to women. It's disturbing that I saw this one unfold before my very eyes. Am I mad? Yes, mad as hell. What can I do about it? Let women know that they have a voice and protection in Dash Nation and now Steemit (this wasn't always the case though). Harassment is not tolerated in Dash, not even in the main Dash Talk channel, and Tao of Satoshi doesn't let people get away with harassment. He has no qualms about banning people who get off on destroying others. To be honest, that's why I went into Dash. That is the real reason. The last time I was in a steemit.chat, someone called me a cunt. That was my last hurrah. Steemit is a lot different from the early days, but what me and a bunch of other women and some men went through was a form of abuse. Why? Because we were visible on the internet. What was my crime? My genitals. We're in a pretty pathetic state in 2017. You would have thought things had gotten more advanced. Not.
Not today.
SOLUTIONS:
I think we should all go to her channel and introduce Steemit and welcome her here. If we show that good people are here waiting for her, I think we can make a difference. And maybe we can comment on her videos too, to show our support. I'm giving the Steem that this generates to her: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLaj5RT1D8pH2Q61YOKIjng
Let's do this.
Thanks for reading,
Stellabelle