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The conference scene feels like such a hostile environment. I have my own reasons for not being interested in speaking, but even absent that, my desire to avoid

The conference scene feels like such a hostile environment. I have my own reasons for not being interested in speaking, but even absent that, my desire to avoid anything resembling the above is much stronger than whatever desire to have people listen to me talk about computers. And that's just speaking; organizing is something I would never do, and really can't imagine how people put up with it. There is a conference I've gone to twice now and really enjoyed, so I'm going again this year. But I expect as this conference grows, eventually this stuff will come along with it and I'll stop attending. It's a shame, but I don't really pin this hostility on any particular group (ie, I'm not mad about "SJWs" or whatever). A lot of people acted in bad faith for a lot of years for us to reach this point. There is another poster in this thread talking about how "cry bullies" caused the problem. That kind of shit is not helping.

0815test 7y ago
> The conference scene feels like such a hostile environment. It's a hostile environment either way - even the male speaker in this whole drama was widely known as "a male chauvinist who persecutes and intimidates women at sector conferences" - which is why he was so unwelcome in the first place! But sunlight is the best disinfectant - throw out with prejudice ANYONE who is publicly known to engage in intimidating behavior, whether they're of the "male chauvinist" or the "SJW" sort. Let the pox fall on both houses. (edit for the avoidance of doubt: I mean the dude who was disinvited by OP, of course.)
- draw_down 7y ago
  I don't understand how that's supposed to solve the problem that the conference scene feels hostile. To the extent that there are "two sides", sure, condemn bad people on both sides. But that's just making sure the shittiness is distributed evenly. In other contexts, cancel culture is making everything terrible. This just sounds like more of that. (By the way, I'm not allowed to post more than twice in 2 hour spans so I can't respond further)
- somebodyelse1 7y ago
  Dude, you are just repeating what he said in the post. He is not 'widely known as' nothing. Its all what he say. We dont know the other side.
- lawnchair_larry 7y ago
  It was a woman who was disinvited.

0815test 7y ago

> The conference scene feels like such a hostile environment. It's a hostile environment either way - even the male speaker in this whole drama was widely known as "a male chauvinist who persecutes and intimidates women at sector conferences" - which is why he was so unwelcome in the first place! But sunlight is the best disinfectant - throw out with prejudice ANYONE who is publicly known to engage in intimidating behavior, whether they're of the "male chauvinist" or the "SJW" sort. Let the pox fall on both houses. (edit for the avoidance of doubt: I mean the dude who was disinvited by OP, of course.)

draw_down 7y ago
I don't understand how that's supposed to solve the problem that the conference scene feels hostile. To the extent that there are "two sides", sure, condemn bad people on both sides. But that's just making sure the shittiness is distributed evenly. In other contexts, cancel culture is making everything terrible. This just sounds like more of that. (By the way, I'm not allowed to post more than twice in 2 hour spans so I can't respond further)
somebodyelse1 7y ago
Dude, you are just repeating what he said in the post. He is not 'widely known as' nothing. Its all what he say. We dont know the other side.
lawnchair_larry 7y ago
It was a woman who was disinvited.