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Nobody cares but the speaker themselves. There is obviously some legit cred here, and it's a definite downgrade - but it's not being sent to the woods either.
by jasmer 3y ago
Nobody cares but the speaker themselves.
There is obviously some legit cred here, and it's a definite downgrade - but it's not being sent to the woods either. G
Given that 'nobody else cares at all, whatsoever' - that adds context to this which we should include in our understanding. Nobody is missing grant money, or getting a stain on their resume, not getting a job, publicly dragged, meaning the slight is ultimately very personal.
There is a legit grievance here, but it's overstated.
Most gripes have a kernel of truth, the issue is to match up the size of the truth, with the size of the kernel.
- jemmyw 3y agoIf nobody cared then why did someone make such a big deal out of the talk making them uncomfortable and therefore needing to downgrade it. It obviously did matter to more than just the speaker.
- viraptor 3y ago> Nobody cares but the speaker themselves. You're not speaking for everyone. I care about the Rust leadership behaving properly for example, because issues like this may be a sign of other problems with respecting the community. And I would like to trust them to resolve issues fairly and quickly since I will rely on the project's progress in the future and don't want people leaving because of mishandling social issues.
- jasmer 3y agoYes, we care that people behave themselves, we're referring to 'who cares' about whether the nature of a talk being 'keynote speaker or not'. If Jim Smith is keynote, great, if they're in a conference talk, great, nobody is going to fathom one way or another but the speaker themselves.
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