Really caught by surprise by some of the answers here, I don’t mean to offend anyone, just trying to explain why I came to the conclusion I came to. I think th

Really caught by surprise by some of the answers here, I don’t mean to offend anyone, just trying to explain why I came to the conclusion I came to. I think the article is fairly well balanced, giving the fired devs ample space to tell their side of the story, expanding on the dangerous implications of allowing reddit/social media influence the company’s hiring and firing decisions and a short formal statement from the co-founder. There seems to have been a mixture of bad HR guidelines and naïveté. I’m frankly appalled that a politely explained, disagreeing opinion, was met with such a toxic response. As I read the responses I understood the dev to be: Calling a customer sexist and an “asshat” then explaining that she is free to demonstrate dislike for her customers while speaking about the company and its products and services because she is not doing it during work hours and is using a personal social media account. I can only imagine what kind of anonymous adolescent vitriol she must have to endure but as a representative of the company she must remain above it. Should they have been fired? Not if it’s the 1st occurrence but seriously reprimanded and explained the social media code of conduct carefully. On the other hand the company has a duty of care for its employees. Can it not facilitate automatic reporting of abusive messages back to Twitter/Reddit? Hold workshops on how to deal with online harassment? It seems like it’s a huge issue in the game industry.