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I think the notion of the article is wrong. She did not bring down Travis. The misogynist culture he helped to create did.
by jsemrau 9y ago
I think the notion of the article is wrong. She did not bring down Travis. The misogynist culture he helped to create did.
- kajecounterhack 9y agoHer writing exposing [the misogynist culture that he helped create] was a major catalyst, so the phrasing "she brought down the CEO" is fair. Maybe be better at picking semantic nits?
- dang 9y agoPlease don't take this thread (or any thread) in a hostile direction, even if someone is picking nits. Your comment would be much better with just the first sentence. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- jrs95 9y agoI don't even know if it was that, honestly. I think the whole Waymo thing had more to do with it, or it would have happened sooner.
- linkregister 9y agoThe Waymo lawsuit was filed about a week after Fowler's blog post was published. The huge public outcry and massive customer switch to Lyft was based off of the news of the sexual harassment lawsuit. The general American public is largely ignorant about the Waymo lawsuit. The public is well-informed about the sexual harassment revelations. Right now, many potential customers have permanently associated Uber with sexual harassment. This is far more of an existential threat to Uber than a $1B lawsuit.
- dasil003 9y agoAre you kidding me? She took career-risking action to bring a problem to light, and you just want to point to an abstract non-entity as having responsibility for an outcome? Give credit where credit is due FFS, sheesh.
- trentmb 9y ago> abstract non-entity as having responsibility for an outcome? The patriarchy is routinely responsible for despicable outcomes.