As a teenager that spent some time somewhat around Hack Club things, I felt that being a part of Hack Club pressured me to live live faster than I was ready to (like 16 year olds doing summer internships / cohabiting with their partners). I want to say a lot of the people I knew online on Hack Club Slack went to places like MIT, so I guess there's that, but there is some beauty in taking life more slowly. I also didn't want to be boxed into running my school's club with what Hack Club provided. I think they do good things (eg. Hack Club Bank helps students run events before they can financially) and I interacted with a lot of really cool people. But if it is anything like the past, I wanted to share this.
I hope your username is not a spoiler for wind and truth. I’m about a third of the way through it.
Thanks!
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If you have any ideas on how we can better orient the community around self expression and self actualization, please email me!
It’s really important to me that Hack Club is a space that helps teens become the people they want to become vs. pressuring them down any one path.
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