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An interesting thing to think about is if they would apologize if this wasn't published in a blog and discussed online. Let's say Jeremy just walked away quiet
by rdtsc 6y ago
An interesting thing to think about is if they would apologize if this wasn't published in a blog and discussed online.
Let's say Jeremy just walked away quietly in disgust and didn't say anything publicly. What would have they done? I would guess that they would have chucked it under "We did a great job enforcing the code of conduct. Problem solved".
- Benjmhart 6y agoWell, if nobody tells you you're being a shit, humans rarely realize it on their own, squeaky wheels get the grease.
- TuringNYC 6y agoI think the question is specifically regarding, what if a less famous person encountered this issue
- LegitShady 6y agoAnother question is, how many less famous people have already encountered this issue?
- csours 6y agoThis might be going too far, but Type A personalities don't realize they're being shits. This allows them to get things done, as they don't care very much about what other people think; but sometimes it means that they deliver solutions/products without much empathy for the end users and the individual contributors who made it.
- minimaxir 6y agoI know a lot of Hacker News users don't like it, but fact is that getting to the top of Hacker News is often the most-successful driver for getting something fixed in the tech industry. Another good example of the impact of HN was the Triplebyte profile controversy (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23279837 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23279837) a few months ago, which 100% would have gone through unchanged if it weren't for HN driving awareness. (followup: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23303037 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23303037)