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I still don't understand what it is that Crockford is supposed to have done. I mean, I've heard him speak: he's insufferable and obnoxious and self-righteous. B
by grabcocque 10y ago
I still don't understand what it is that Crockford is supposed to have done. I mean, I've heard him speak: he's insufferable and obnoxious and self-righteous. But is that enough to earn a no-platforming these days? Cripes.
- cs02rm0 10y agoHe's not supposed to have done anything tangible, at least as far as anyone has shown to be the case. Just some vague handwaving in his direction. There's speculation he's sometimes a bit grumpy and curt, made some jokes about people not wanting to use weak maps and promiscuity in respect of internet connected devices which could be at the root of this, but you'd have to be professionally offended to find issue there. Ultimately these days it seems there are people who go looking for reasons to be offended, or be offended on behalf of others. Naturally, they find what they're looking for. It's a shame this has affected people who just want to discuss technology without prejudice, even if they are javascript developers.
- douche 10y agoFrom what I can gather, he made a correct technical statement, and also a joke about pork rinds, that some have decided was actually about testicles.
- aikah 10y agoHe didn't do anything, some "developer evangelist" doesn't like him, write a blog-post on medium and got him de-invited. He didn't do anything at all. These are the facts, now my opinion: Nothing happened but the Nodevember organizers feared being labelled sexist themselves so they caved to that "developer evangelist" pressures. It back fired. It is grotesque and shameful.