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I've been to quite a few C3s and always thought of Nick Farr as kind of part of the inventory, he was so much part of the culture there. He was one of the peopl

I've been to quite a few C3s and always thought of Nick Farr as kind of part of the inventory, he was so much part of the culture there. He was one of the people introducing the main talks and always cheered up the crowd. I wondered why he wasn't at the recent events, now I know and this really hurts to read. His account and Meredith L. Pattersons, who has also given talks on most C3s I went to, make these accusations very real and very credible. I hope there will be more than just this internet campaign coming out of it (which I think is really not doing any good there and puts a lot of people off because it really looks like an attempt of character assassination).

busterarm 10y ago
I don't know Nick very well, but I've seen him around and spoken to him at hacker events for most of my life now. He's an incredibly stand-up dude and when I think about it really the heart of the community. When you compare him to other folks with any notoriety, he's drama-free and sqeauky-clean. If he says this is what Jake did to him, I can't imagine it isn't just like he says.
- peterwwillis 10y ago
  I also agree, both Nick and Meredith are incredibly stand-up decent people. But this is the danger of accepting "a story" based solely on your impression of a person. Jake's been around a long time, and people respect his work, so they either didn't believe or didn't care about the stories about him. Now Nick has a story, and because we know and like Nick, we choose to believe that. In the end, we're all just taking sides. Here's the other problem with this whole scenario: there are accusations of everything from "he made fun of me" to "he harassed and intimidated me" to straight up rape. Now it just looks like people just don't like him, removing credibility from the most serious accusations. And to be fair, i've known of him being a douchebag for over 10 years. But that also doesn't prove or disprove anything, it just makes things seem more plausible. So while I believe Nick's story, I don't know any of the other people with stories, so my opinion of them is still undecided.
  - busterarm 10y ago
    You bring up great points, honestly. It's hard for me to look past Nick's pattern of being awesome and past Jake's pattern of being a dick.

busterarm 10y ago

I don't know Nick very well, but I've seen him around and spoken to him at hacker events for most of my life now. He's an incredibly stand-up dude and when I think about it really the heart of the community. When you compare him to other folks with any notoriety, he's drama-free and sqeauky-clean. If he says this is what Jake did to him, I can't imagine it isn't just like he says.

peterwwillis 10y ago
I also agree, both Nick and Meredith are incredibly stand-up decent people. But this is the danger of accepting "a story" based solely on your impression of a person. Jake's been around a long time, and people respect his work, so they either didn't believe or didn't care about the stories about him. Now Nick has a story, and because we know and like Nick, we choose to believe that. In the end, we're all just taking sides. Here's the other problem with this whole scenario: there are accusations of everything from "he made fun of me" to "he harassed and intimidated me" to straight up rape. Now it just looks like people just don't like him, removing credibility from the most serious accusations. And to be fair, i've known of him being a douchebag for over 10 years. But that also doesn't prove or disprove anything, it just makes things seem more plausible. So while I believe Nick's story, I don't know any of the other people with stories, so my opinion of them is still undecided.
- busterarm 10y ago
  You bring up great points, honestly. It's hard for me to look past Nick's pattern of being awesome and past Jake's pattern of being a dick.