Is Silicon Valley's lack of diversity a big deal? #tellusatoday

Last week, Yahoo detailed its workforce in terms of race and gender, further exposing Silicon Valley's lack of diversity. Comments from Twitter and Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

Diversity doesn't need help to exist. If it occurs, so be it. Just don't hinder it.

— @Dago_Hernandezz

Marissa Mayer, Sheryl Sandberg, Meg Whitman and other executives should fund women-led start-ups.

— @kimbrotoo

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Welch's support of the California court case eliminating teacher tenure is helping. Minority students need a good education to get good jobs.

— @Hasana45160079

Companies should just hire the best people regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation.

— @DukeofBayRidge

Diversity for the sake of diversity alone is ridiculous and completely counterproductive. Merit and quality of work are also necessary. To increase diversity, start people early on tracks that lead to technical degrees.

— Larry Thompson

As an underemployed tech person over the age of 50, I'd like to see age demographics. It seems to me that age discrimination is rampant in the tech industry.

— Nathaniel Dahl

Silicon Valley has been so successful because companies hire people based on merit, not color. They don't care if someone is green as long as he or she is smart and productive.

— Edward Abbott

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